Alert archive / New York / Snow Squall Warnings in 2019
Snow Squall Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this snow squall warning at Jan 27, 2019, 8:05 AM EST for 7 counties in New York. It was in force for 55 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
- Jan 27, 2019, 8:05 AM EST (13:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2019, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:08 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 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
383
WWUS51 KBUF 271306
SQWBUF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
805 AM EST Sun Jan 27 2019
NYC003-011-051-055-069-075-117-271400-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SQ.W.0004.190127T1305Z-190127T1400Z/
Wayne NY-Livingston NY-Cayuga NY-Oswego NY-Allegany NY-Monroe NY-
Ontario NY-
805 AM EST Sun Jan 27 2019
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Snow Squall Warning for...
Wayne County in western New York...
Southeastern Livingston County in western New York...
Cayuga County in central New York...
Southern Oswego County in central New York...
Allegany County in western New York...
Southeastern Monroe County in western New York...
Ontario County in western New York...
* Until 900 AM EST.
* At 805 AM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line
extending from near Sodus to near Shinglehouse, moving east at 45
mph.
HAZARD...Extremely poor visibility in snow and blowing snow. Wind
gusts greater than 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* This includes the following highways...
Interstate 390 between exits 4 and 5.
Interstate 90 between exits 45 and 40.
Interstate 81 between exits 32 and 34.
Interstate 86 between exits 30 and 33.
Locations impacted include...
Oswego, Geneva, Fulton, Canandaigua, Dansville, Wellsville, Fair
Haven Beach State Park, Ontario, Newark and Williamson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Consider avoiding or delaying travel until the snow squall passes
your location. If you must travel, use extra caution and allow extra
time. Rapid changes in visibility and slick road conditions may lead
to accidents.
&&
LAT...LON 4200 7831 4333 7719 4331 7697 4341 7670
4352 7587 4323 7613 4327 7620 4320 7621
4324 7627 4323 7626 4323 7648 4303 7650
4301 7696 4276 7698 4276 7731 4258 7737
4258 7766 4253 7772 4200 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1305Z 258DEG 41KT 4327 7705 4204 7820
$$
HSKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 5:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more | 61 min |
| Jan 27, 6:33 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 4 more | 57 min |
| Jan 27, 7:18 AM EST | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 7:18 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario and 2 more | 57 min |
| Jan 27, 8:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 7 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 50 min |
| Jan 27, 1:58 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, Wyoming | 24 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 3 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.