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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Mar 1, 2018, 5:59 PM EST for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2018, 5:59 PM EST (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2018, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 Mar 1, 4:19 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 4:19 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 330 AM EST Thu Mar 1 2018 NYZ003>008-013-014-021000- Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-Lewis-Livingston- Ontario- 330 AM EST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north 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 Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. .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 NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-021000- Niagara-Orleans-Northern Erie-Genesee-Wyoming-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus- Allegany-Southern Erie- 330 AM EST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... 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 Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. .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-LOZ042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-021000- Upper Niagara River and Buffalo Harbor- 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- 330 AM EST Thu Mar 1 2018 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...Friday through Wednesday. 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 LEZ040-041-021000- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Ripley to Dunkirk- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Dunkirk to Buffalo- 330 AM EST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Erie. .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. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. 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 JJR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 5:59 PM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
559 PM EST THU MAR 1 2018
NYZ019-085-020200-
Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
559 PM EST THU MAR 1 2018
...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT ALONG THE LAKE ERIE
SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...
Near blizzard conditions are expected along the Lake Erie shoreline
tonight, with the worst conditions expected between 1000 PM and 400
AM. Snowfall rates are expected to peak between 1 and 2 inches per
hour, along with northerly winds gusting to 45 mph. This will likely
create very dangerous and near impossible travel conditions, with
near zero visibility and blowing and drifting snow.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 61 and 57A, or between the
Pennsylvania State Line and Eden-Angola.
Locations impacted include...
Dunkirk, Fredonia, Evans, Eden, Westfield, Silver Creek, Angola,
North Collins, Lake Erie State Park and Derby.
Visibilities will drop quickly to near zero in this area of heavy
snow.
Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations. Be
prepared for snow covered roads. Slow down and allow extra time when
traveling.
LAT...LON 4244 7950 4253 7939 4260 7919 4273 7908
4274 7903 4264 7879 4253 7900 4254 7906
4250 7906 4214 7976 4227 7976 4228 7973
4231 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 240DEG 49KT 4261 7901
ChurchThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:12 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 42 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:15 AM EST | Gale Warning | BUF | 24 hr | |
| Mar 1, 3:15 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 60 hr |
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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.