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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jan 27, 2019, 5:59 AM EST for 7 counties in New York. It was in force for 61 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, 5:59 AM EST (10:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2019, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
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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 27, 5:40 AM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 5:40 AM EST, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 27, 5:59 AM EST, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| 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, 8:05 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Oswego and 1 more | 55 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
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.