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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jan 25, 2019, 1:46 PM EST for Erie County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 119 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 25, 2019, 1:46 PM EST (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2019, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Erie County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 Jan 25, 10:22 AM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 10:22 AM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 5:20 AM EST, 8 hours 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 520 AM EST Fri Jan 25 2019 NYZ012-019-020-085-261030- Wyoming-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Southern Erie- 520 AM EST Fri Jan 25 2019 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY... 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...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. A bitterly cold arctic airmass will arrive Wednesday and Thursday of next week. Wind chills may become dangerously cold during this period. There may also be lake effect snow and blowing snow east and northeast of Lake Erie. .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 NYZ010-011-261030- Northern Erie-Genesee- 520 AM EST Fri Jan 25 2019 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY... 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...Saturday through Thursday. A bitterly cold arctic airmass will arrive Wednesday and Thursday of next week. Wind chills may become dangerously cold during this period. There may also be lake effect snow and blowing snow east and northeast of Lake Erie. .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>005-013-014-021-261030- Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Livingston-Ontario- Allegany- 520 AM EST Fri Jan 25 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. A bitterly cold arctic airmass will arrive Wednesday and Thursday of next week. Wind chills may become dangerously cold during this period. .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 NYZ006>008-261030- Oswego-Jefferson-Lewis- 520 AM EST Fri Jan 25 2019 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of 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...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. A bitterly cold arctic airmass will arrive Wednesday and Thursday of next week. Wind chills may become dangerously cold during this period. There may also be lake effect snow and blowing snow east and northeast of Lake Ontario. .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-LOZ042>045-062>065-261030- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Ripley to Dunkirk- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Dunkirk to Buffalo- 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- 520 AM EST Fri Jan 25 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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-LOZ030-SLZ022-024-261030- Upper Niagara River and Buffalo Harbor-Lower Niagara River- Saint Lawrence River from Cape Vincent to Ogdensburg- Saint Lawrence River from Ogdensburg to Saint Regis- 520 AM EST Fri Jan 25 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and Saint Lawrence River. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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 Hitchcock
In the hours before
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</html>Local storm report, Jan 25, 1:38 PM EST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
138 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM SNOW 7 SW ATTICA 42.80N 78.39W
01/25/2019 M6.3 INCH WYOMING NY CO-OP OBSERVER
24-HOUR SNOWFALL.
0100 PM SNOW 3 NE BOSTON 42.66N 78.70W
01/25/2019 M13.7 INCH ERIE NY SNOW SPOTTER
0130 PM SNOW S WATERTOWN 43.97N 75.91W
01/25/2019 M5.9 INCH JEFFERSON NY COCORAHS
&&
EVENT NUMBER BUF1900460
EVENT NUMBER BUF1900461
EVENT NUMBER BUF1900462
DPKSpecial weather statement, Jan 25, 1:46 PM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
146 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2019
NYZ012-019-020-085-252045-
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Southern Erie-Wyoming-
146 PM EST FRI JAN 25 2019
...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WYOMING...
NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS...SOUTHERN ERIE AND NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA
COUNTIES...
At 139 PM EST, A band of lake effect snow producing snowfall rates
of 1 to 2 inches per hour extends from Brocton to Hamburg. The band
then stretches across East Aurora, Marilla and through Attica, with
impacts throughout the hills to the south to about Cattaraugus
Creek. This band will begin to strengthen again during the
afternoon and start to move to the north. This will have an adverse
effect on the commute for anyone travelling south of Buffalo
through this evening. The band will move north into Metro Buffalo by
around nightfall.
Locations impacted include...
Dunkirk, Fredonia, Hamburg, East Aurora, Evans, Boston, Eden, Perry,
Warsaw, Bennington, Colden, Orchard Park, Silver Creek, Attica,
Angola, North Collins, Derby, and Wales Center.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 59 and 57.
LAT...LON 4244 7950 4253 7939 4259 7919 4269 7910
4281 7886 4278 7885 4278 7849 4287 7849
4286 7796 4273 7796 4231 7977
ZaffThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 12:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 81 min |
| Jan 25, 2:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 54 min |
| Jan 25, 5:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 92 min |
| Jan 25, 6:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 89 min |
| Jan 25, 7:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Jan 25, 8:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Wyoming | 86 min |
| Jan 25, 8:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 83 min |
| Jan 25, 8:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Livingston | 9 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 88 min |
| Jan 25, 9:44 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | BUF | 12 hr | |
| Jan 25, 9:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Wyoming | 111 min |
| Jan 25, 10:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Wyoming | 109 min |
| Jan 25, 12:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 108 min |
| Jan 25, 3:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 118 min |
| Jan 25, 4:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 116 min |
| Jan 25, 6:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 84 min |
| Jan 25, 6:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 87 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019
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