Alert archive / New York / Snow Squall Warnings in 2019
Snow Squall Warning 7, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this snow squall warning at Feb 13, 2019, 5:38 PM EST for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 52 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
- Feb 13, 2019, 5:38 PM EST (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2019, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
939
WWUS51 KBUF 132238
SQWBUF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
538 PM EST Wed Feb 13 2019
NYC051-055-069-117-132330-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SQ.W.0007.190213T2238Z-190213T2330Z/
Wayne NY-Livingston NY-Monroe NY-Ontario NY-
538 PM EST Wed Feb 13 2019
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Snow Squall Warning for...
Wayne County in western New York...
North central Livingston County in western New York...
Monroe County in western New York...
Northern Ontario County in western New York...
* Until 630 PM EST.
* At 538 PM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line
extending from near Oswego to near Chili, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Extremely poor visibility in snow and blowing snow. Wind
gusts greater than 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* This includes the following highways...
Interstate 390 between exits 11 and 12.
Interstate 90 between exits 46 and 43.
Locations impacted include...
Rochester, Greece, Irondequoit, Chili, Brockport, East Rochester,
Webster, Fairport, Brighton and Gates-North Gates.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Reduce your speed and turn on headlights! During snow squalls, the
visibility may suddenly drop to near zero in whiteout conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 4291 7788 4323 7792 4333 7763 4328 7754
4332 7738 4333 7717 4331 7697 4334 7691
4335 7681 4341 7670 4335 7669 4331 7671
4332 7672 4310 7670 4303 7672 4301 7696
4299 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 270DEG 37KT 4351 7657 4311 7769
$$
HSKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 3:43 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:51 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 54 min |
| Feb 13, 4:39 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Wayne | 66 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.