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Winter Weather Advisory 22, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 10, 2017, 4:09 AM EST for Erie County, Genesee County, New York. It took effect at Dec 10, 2017, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2017, 4:09 AM EST (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2017, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2017, 10:56 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 Dec 10, 4:06 AM EST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 4:06 AM EST, 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 2:05 PM EST, 14 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 205 PM EST Sat Dec 9 2017 NYZ001>005-010-011-013-014-021-101915- Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Northern Erie-Genesee- Livingston-Ontario-Allegany- 205 PM EST Sat Dec 9 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central New York. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. The chance of widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Low pressure moving across the Lower Great Lakes and New England Monday night through Wednesday will generate periods of widespread accumulating snow across the region. Significant snow will be possible for the counties bordering the south shore of Lake Ontario late Tuesday night and Wednesday as cold northwest flow allows lake enhancement to increase. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to send in their snow measurements. 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 NYZ012-019-020-085-101915- Wyoming-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Southern Erie- 205 PM EST Sat Dec 9 2017 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon 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. .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. Low pressure moving across the Lower Great Lakes and New England Monday night through Wednesday will generate periods of widespread accumulating snow across the region. Significant snow will be possible for the counties southeast of Lake Erie late Tuesday night and Wednesday as cold northwest flow allows lake enhancement to increase. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to send in their snow measurements. 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 NYZ006>008-101915- Oswego-Jefferson-Lewis- 205 PM EST Sat Dec 9 2017 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central New York. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon 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. .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. Low pressure moving across the Lower Great Lakes and New England Monday night through Wednesday will generate periods of widespread accumulating snow across the region. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to send in their snow measurements. 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-SLZ022-024-101915- 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- 205 PM EST Sat Dec 9 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the New York waters of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and the Saint Lawrence River. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to send in their snow measurements. 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 HITCHCOCK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 9, 10:28 PM EST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1028 PM EST SAT DEC 9 2017
NYZ010-085-100430-
Southern Erie-Northern Erie-
1028 PM EST SAT DEC 9 2017
...AN BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY...
At 1025 PM EST, an band of lake effect snow was located along a line
from Sturgeon Point to Hamburg to East Aurora, producing snowfall
rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour and localized poor visibility to a
quarter a mile or less. This band of snow is expected to meander
over Southern Erie county through midnight before moving southward.
Locations impacted include... West Seneca, Lackawanna, Hamburg,
East Aurora, Evans, Boston, Eden, Colden, Orchard Park and Blasdell.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 57A and 56.
Visibilities will drop quickly to a quarter of a mile or less in
this area of heavy snow.
Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations. Be
prepared for snow or ice covered roads. Slow down and allow extra
time when traveling.
LAT...LON 4264 7916 4267 7912 4272 7909 4276 7898
4280 7892 4282 7892 4284 7849 4278 7849
4278 7846 4276 7846 4255 7847 4254 7907
4256 7910 4260 7918
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 258DEG 20KT 4274 7878
ChurchThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 10:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 62 min |
| Dec 10, 10:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 61 min |
| Dec 10, 11:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 58 min |
| Dec 10, 11:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 82 min |
| Dec 10, 12:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 60 min |
| Dec 10, 12:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Dec 10, 1:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 84 min |
| Dec 10, 1:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 95 min |
| Dec 10, 2:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 86 min |
| Dec 10, 3:45 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Livingston, Monroe | 9 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 119 min |
| Dec 10, 4:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 112 min |
| Dec 10, 5:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 2 hr |
| Dec 10, 6:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 115 min |
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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.