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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jan 26, 2019, 12:38 AM EST for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 82 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 26, 2019, 12:38 AM EST (05:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2019, 2:00 AM EST
- In force
- 82 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Jefferson County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 26, 12:23 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 12:23 AM EST, 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 25, 10:42 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1236 AM EST SAT JAN 26 2019
NYZ010>012-019-085-260700-
Chautauqua-Southern Erie-Wyoming-Genesee-Northern Erie-
1236 AM EST SAT JAN 26 2019
...A BAND OF INTENSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN
WYOMING... CENTRAL ERIE...NORTHERN CHAUTAUQUA AND WESTERN GENESEE
COUNTIES...
At 1234 AM EST, A band of lake effect snow producing snow fall rates
of 3 inches per hour was found across South Buffalo and the
immediate southern and eastern suburbs. This band of heavy snow will
continue to drift slowly south through the Buffalo Southtowns, and
will also begin to move onshore from Hamburg to Dunkirk. Travel
along the NY Thruway along the Lake Erie shore southwest of Hamburg
will deteriorate rapidly.
If you must travel within this band, be prepared for severe winter
driving conditions with deep snow cover on roads and very poor
visibility.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 60 and 52A, and near exit
48A.
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 4244 7950 4253 7939 4259 7919 4272 7909
4277 7897 4280 7892 4282 7892 4311 7824
4280 7824 4253 7902 4254 7906 4252 7906
4228 7973 4231 7977
HitchcockSpecial weather statement, Jan 26, 12:38 AM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1238 AM EST SAT JAN 26 2019
NYZ007-008-260700-
Jefferson-Lewis-
1238 AM EST SAT JAN 26 2019
...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND
NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES...
At 1237 AM EST, A band of lake effect snow producing snow fall rates
of 2 to 3 inches per hour will continue from near Watertown and
Adams eastward across Carthage and Croghan. This band is expected to
remain nearly stationary over the next few hours.
If you must travel within this band, be prepared for severe winter
driving conditions with deep snow cover on roads and very poor
visibility.
This includes Interstate 81 between exits 41 and 48.
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 4376 7628 4378 7629 4383 7636 4387 7635
4384 7645 4387 7650 4391 7650 4396 7644
4396 7634 4402 7636 4405 7639 4423 7548
4410 7517 4387 7514 4386 7514
HitchcockThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 8:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 78 min |
| Jan 25, 9:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 21 min |
| Jan 25, 10:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 117 min |
| Jan 25, 10:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 108 min |
| Jan 26, 12:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 84 min |
| Jan 26, 5:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 114 min |
| Jan 26, 5:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 110 min |
| Jan 26, 6:18 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 46 hr |
| Jan 26, 7:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 54 min |
| Jan 26, 7:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jan 26, 8:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 2 hr |
| Jan 26, 9:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 119 min |
| Jan 26, 10:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 66 min |
| Jan 26, 2:38 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:44 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 36 hr | |
| Jan 26, 6:38 PM EST | Gale Warning | BUF | 24 hr |
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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.