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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 18, 20195 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Dec 18, 2019, 3:44 AM EST for 5 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: Dec 18, 2019, 3:44 AM EST (08:44 UTC)
Expired: Dec 18, 2019, 4:45 AM EST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Dec 18, 3:36 AM EST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 3:36 AM EST, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 2:55 PM EST, 12 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 18, 3:44 AM EST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 18, 3:39 AM EST	Lakeshore Flood Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	20 hr
Dec 18, 6:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	60 min
Dec 18, 7:18 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Monroe	57 min
Dec 18, 7:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	58 min
Dec 18, 7:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Wyoming	43 min
Dec 18, 8:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming	44 min
Dec 18, 8:35 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	55 min
Dec 18, 9:38 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	112 min
Dec 18, 10:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Monroe, Niagara, Orleans	85 min
Dec 18, 11:08 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Wayne	97 min
Dec 18, 11:38 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario	67 min
Dec 18, 11:41 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Ontario, Wayne	64 min
Dec 18, 12:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	47 min
Dec 18, 12:48 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	37 min
Dec 18, 1:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	86 min
Dec 18, 1:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	119 min
Dec 18, 2:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Niagara, Orleans	84 min
Dec 18, 3:42 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	17 hr
Dec 18, 3:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	106 min
Dec 18, 5:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	82 min
Dec 18, 6:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Wayne	53 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.