Alert archive / New York / Winter Weather Advisories in 2017
Winter Weather Advisory 10, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 15, 2017, 3:47 AM EST for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It took effect at Feb 15, 2017, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2017, 3:47 AM EST (08:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2017, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2017, 12:37 PM EST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Feb 14, 6:45 PM EST, 9 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 6:45 PM EST, 9 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 4:14 AM EST, 23 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 414 AM EST Tue Feb 14 2017 NYZ001>003-007-008-010>014-021-150915- Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Jefferson-Lewis-Northern Erie-Genesee-Wyoming- Livingston-Ontario-Allegany- 414 AM EST Tue Feb 14 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability for 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 NYZ004>006-150915- Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 414 AM EST Tue Feb 14 2017 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Lake Effect Snow Watch. .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 NYZ019-020-085-150915- Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Southern Erie- 414 AM EST Tue Feb 14 2017 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Lake Effect Snow Watch. .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-SLZ022-150915- 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- 414 AM EST Tue Feb 14 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Erie...Lake Ontario and Saint Lawrence River. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability for 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 3:47 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 34 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:47 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | Cayuga, Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Oswego and 2 more | 34 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.