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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

March 6, 2019Monroe County, Orleans County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Mar 6, 2019, 4:42 AM EST for Monroe County, Orleans County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 78 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
Mar 6, 2019, 4:42 AM EST (09:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2019, 6:00 AM EST
In force
78 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Monroe County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2019-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2019-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Mar 6, 4:00 AM EST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 4:00 AM EST, 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 4:25 AM EST, 17 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 11:35 PM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1135 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2019

NYZ004>006-060600-
Oswego-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-
1135 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2019

...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...CAYUGA
AND OSWEGO COUNTIES...

At 1132 PM EST, A band of lake effect snow producing snow fall rates
of 2 to 3 inches per hour was located from Red Creek and Fair Haven
east across Hannibal, Fulton, Central Square, and the north shore of
Oneida Lake. This band of heavy lake effect snow will continue to
drift slowly south through the midnight hour.

Travel will be very difficult within this band of heavy snow, with
deep snow cover on roads and visibility less than a quarter
mile. This includes Interstate 81 between exits 32 and 34.

If you must travel through this band of lake effect snow, be
prepared for severe winter driving conditions with very poor
visibility and deep snow cover on roads. Slow down and allow extra
time when traveling.

LAT...LON 4333 7589 4331 7586 4315 7588 4320 7604
      4320 7608 4323 7610 4327 7620 4324 7621
      4322 7619 4320 7622 4324 7627 4320 7628
      4323 7631 4322 7648 4327 7702 4331 7697
      4335 7681 4339 7673 4353 7649 4347 7582

Hitchcock
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 1:10 AM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
110 AM EST WED MAR 6 2019

NYZ004>006-060745-
Oswego-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-
110 AM EST WED MAR 6 2019

...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WAYNE...CAYUGA AND
SOUTHERN OSWEGO COUNTIES...

At 108 AM EST, A band of lake effect snow producing snow fall rates
of 1 to 2 inches per hour was located from near Sodus Bay eastward
to Wolcott, Cato, Martville, Hannibal, Fulton, Central Square, and
the north shore of Oneida Lake. This band will continue to drift
slowly southward.

Travel will be very difficult within this band of heavy snow, with
deep snow cover on roads and visibility less than a quarter mile.
This includes Interstate 81 between exits 32 and 33, and Route 104
from Sodus to Oswego.

If you must travel through this band of lake effect snow, be
prepared for severe winter driving conditions with very poor
visibility and deep snow cover on roads. Slow down and allow extra
time when traveling.

LAT...LON 4315 7588 4320 7604 4320 7608 4323 7610
      4327 7620 4320 7621 4324 7626 4320 7627
      4323 7631 4323 7648 4314 7649 4312 7648
      4329 7734 4333 7717 4331 7697 4339 7673
      4348 7660 4339 7586 4333 7589 4331 7586

Hitchcock
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 2:49 AM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
249 AM EST WED MAR 6 2019

NYZ004>006-060915-
Oswego-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-
249 AM EST WED MAR 6 2019

...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WAYNE...CAYUGA AND
SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES...

At 248 AM EST, A band of lake effect snow producing snow fall rates
of up to 3 inches per hour was located from near Sodus Bay to
Wolcott, Fair Haven, Martville, Hannibal, Fulton, and Central
Square. This band of heavy snow will remain nearly stationary
through the early morning hours.

Travel will be very difficult within this band of heavy snow, with
deep snow cover on roads and visibility less than a quarter mile.
This includes Interstate 81 between exits 32 and 33.

If you must travel through this band of lake effect snow, be
prepared for severe winter driving conditions with very poor
visibility and deep snow cover on roads. Slow down and allow extra
time when traveling.

LAT...LON 4323 7611 4327 7620 4322 7619 4320 7621
      4324 7627 4322 7626 4320 7627 4323 7631
      4323 7648 4315 7648 4327 7743 4332 7738
      4333 7714 4331 7697 4339 7673 4346 7664
      4344 7603

Hitchcock
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 4:42 AM EST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 9:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua, Wyoming80 min
Mar 5, 10:12 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego78 min
Mar 5, 11:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego85 min
Mar 6, 1:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCayuga95 min
Mar 6, 2:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne86 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.