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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Dec 30, 2017, 1:03 PM EST for Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 87 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2017, 1:03 PM EST (18:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2017, 2:30 PM EST
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Dec 30, 9:35 AM EST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 9:35 AM EST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 4:46 AM EST, 8 hours 17 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 446 AM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 NYZ008-311000- Lewis- 446 AM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Chill Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Chill Advisory. Another round of arctic air will move into the region New Years Eve. Temperatures will only reach to around zero to 5 below zero Sunday and drop to 15 to 25 below zero New Years Eve night. Wind chill values will likely be 25 to 35 below zero New Years Eve and early New Years Day. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ007-311000- Jefferson- 446 AM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Wind Chill Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Wind Chill Advisory. Another round of arctic air will move into the region New Years Eve. Temperatures will only reach to around zero to 5 below zero Sunday and drop to 15 to 25 below zero New Years Eve night. Wind chill values will likely be 25 to 35 below zero New Years Eve and early New Years Day. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf LEZ020-040-041-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-311000- Upper Niagara River and Buffalo Harbor- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Ripley to Dunkirk- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Dunkirk to Buffalo- Lower Niagara River- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Mexico Bay to the Saint Lawrence River- Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay- Lake Ontario open waters from Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay- Lake Ontario open waters from Mexico Bay to the Saint Lawrence River- Saint Lawrence River from Cape Vincent to Ogdensburg- Saint Lawrence River from Ogdensburg to Saint Regis- 446 AM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the New York waters of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and the Saint Lawrence River. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ010-011-013-014-021-311000- Northern Erie-Genesee-Livingston-Ontario-Allegany- 446 AM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Chill Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Chill Advisory. Another round of arctic air will move into the region New Years Eve. Temperatures will only reach the single digits Sunday and drop towards or below zero New Years Eve night. Wind chill values will likely be 15 to 25 below zero New Years Eve and early New Years Day. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ001-311000- Niagara- 446 AM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Wind Chill Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Wind Chill Advisory. Another round of arctic air will move into the region New Years Eve. Temperatures will only reach the single digits Sunday and drop towards or below zero New Years Eve night. Wind chill values will likely be 15 to 25 below zero New Years Eve and early New Years Day. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ012-311000- Wyoming- 446 AM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Wind Chill Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Chill Advisory. Another round of arctic air will move into the region New Years Eve. Temperatures will only reach the single digits Sunday and drop towards or below zero New Years Eve night. Wind chill values will likely be 15 to 25 below zero New Years Eve and early New Years Day. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ019-020-085-311000- Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Southern Erie- 446 AM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Lake Effect Snow Warning. Wind Chill Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Chill Advisory. Another round of arctic air will move into the region New Years Eve. Temperatures will only reach the single digits Sunday and drop towards or below zero New Years Eve night. Wind chill values will likely be 15 to 25 below zero New Years Eve and early New Years Day. Lake effect snow Monday and Monday night will bring several more inches of fresh snow to the region...with a chance for low end warning totals. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ002-311000- Orleans- 446 AM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Wind Chill Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Wind Chill Advisory. Another round of arctic air will move into the region New Years Eve. Temperatures will only reach the single digits Sunday and drop towards or below zero New Years Eve night. Wind chill values will likely be 15 to 25 below zero New Years Eve and early New Years Day. Lake effect snow Monday and Monday night will bring several more inches of fresh snow to the region...with a chance for low end warning totals. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ003-004-311000- Monroe-Wayne- 446 AM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Lake Effect Snow Warning. Wind Chill Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Lake Effect Snow Warning. Wind Chill Advisory. Another round of arctic air will move into the region New Years Eve. Temperatures will only reach the single digits Sunday and drop towards or below zero New Years Eve night. Wind chill values will likely be 15 to 25 below zero New Years Eve and early New Years Day. Lake effect snow Monday and Monday night will bring several more inches of fresh snow to the region...with a chance for low end warning totals. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ005-006-311000- Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 446 AM EST Sat Dec 30 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Wind Chill Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Wind Chill Advisory. Another round of arctic air will move into the region New Years Eve. Temperatures will only reach the single digits Sunday and drop towards or below zero New Years Eve night. Wind chill values will likely be 15 to 25 below zero New Years Eve and early New Years Day. Lake effect snow Monday and Monday night will bring several more inches of fresh snow to the region...with a chance for low end warning totals. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 30, 8:31 AM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Dec 30, 9:43 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
943 AM EST SAT DEC 30 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0935 AM SNOW 2 W DEAN 42.33N 79.48W
12/30/2017 M14.2 INCH CHAUTAUQUA NY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER BUF1702127
KENYONLocal storm report, Dec 30, 11:25 AM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1125 AM EST SAT DEC 30 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1124 AM SNOW HAMBURG 42.74N 78.81W
12/30/2017 M8.5 INCH ERIE NY NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
EVENT NUMBER BUF1702128
SJWLocal storm report, Dec 30, 11:56 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1156 AM EST SAT DEC 30 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 AM SNOW PERRYSBURG 42.46N 79.00W
12/30/2017 M13.0 INCH CATTARAUGUS NY CO-OP OBSERVER
24-HOUR SNOWFALL.
&&
EVENT NUMBER BUF1702129
SJWSpecial weather statement, Dec 30, 1:03 PM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
103 PM EST SAT DEC 30 2017
NYZ004>007-301930-
Jefferson-Oswego-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-
103 PM EST SAT DEC 30 2017
...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WAYNE...SOUTH
CENTRAL JEFFERSON...CAYUGA AND CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTIES...
At 1259 PM EST, A band of lake effect snow producing snow fall rates
of 2 to 3 inches per hour along a line extending from Sandy Island
Beach State Park to 7 miles north of Fair Haven Beach State Park to
11 miles north of Williamson will move onshore through 230 pm. This
will bring poor visibility and slippery travel conditions to
communities near the Lake Ontario shoreline.
Locations impacted include...
Oswego, Fulton, Sandy Island Beach State Park, Fair Haven Beach State
Park, Pulaski, Sodus, Adams, Selkirk Shores State Park, Chimney
Bluffs State Park and Mexico Point State Park.
This includes Interstate 81 between exits 33 and 41.
Visibilities will drop quickly to less than a quarter of a mile in
this band of lake effect snow.
Winter weather advisories and a lake effect snow warning are in
effect for these areas. Please monitor local media outlets and the
national weather service for further statements.
LAT...LON 4358 7592 4332 7618 4323 7655 4317 7699
4332 7738 4333 7714 4331 7697 4335 7681
4356 7645 4357 7628 4369 7626 4379 7629
4383 7623 4384 7594
ChurchThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 3:38 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 54 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:38 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Wyoming | 18 hr |
| Dec 30, 6:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 84 min |
| Dec 30, 2:23 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 43 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 53 min |
| Dec 30, 4:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe, Orleans, Wayne | 79 min |
| Dec 30, 5:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Wayne | 91 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.