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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Dec 18, 2019, 1:19 PM EST for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 86 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, 1:19 PM EST (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2019, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 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 Dec 18, 1:08 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 1:08 PM EST, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 552 AM EST Wed Dec 18 2019 NYZ007-008-191100- Jefferson-Lewis- 552 AM EST Wed Dec 18 2019 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... 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. Lake Effect Snow Warning. Wind chill values will likely fall to 10 to 20 below zero tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hazardous weather is not 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 NYZ021-191100- Allegany- 552 AM EST Wed Dec 18 2019 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... 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 Weather Advisory. Wind chill values will likely fall to zero to 10 below tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hazardous weather is not 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 NYZ002-003-191100- Orleans-Monroe- 552 AM EST Wed Dec 18 2019 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... 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 Weather Advisory. Wind chill values will likely fall to zero to 10 below tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .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 NYZ001-010-011-013-014-191100- Niagara-Northern Erie-Genesee-Livingston-Ontario- 552 AM EST Wed Dec 18 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Wind chill values will likely fall to zero to 10 below tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hazardous weather is not 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 NYZ004-005-191100- Wayne-Northern Cayuga- 552 AM EST Wed Dec 18 2019 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... ...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north 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 Weather Advisory. Lakeshore Flood Warning. Wind chill values will likely fall to zero to 10 below tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .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 NYZ006-191100- Oswego- 552 AM EST Wed Dec 18 2019 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... 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. Lake Effect Snow Warning. Lakeshore Flood Warning. Wind chill values will likely fall to zero to 15 below tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hazardous weather is not 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 NYZ019-020-191100- Chautauqua-Cattaraugus- 552 AM EST Wed Dec 18 2019 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... 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. Lake Effect Snow Warning. Wind chill values will likely fall to zero to 10 below tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Lake Effect Snow Warning. .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 NYZ012-085-191100- Wyoming-Southern Erie- 552 AM EST Wed Dec 18 2019 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... 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 Weather Advisory. Wind chill values will likely fall to zero to 10 below tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hazardous weather is not 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 LEZ020-040-041-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-191100- Upper Niagara River and Buffalo Harbor- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Ripley to Dunkirk- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Dunkirk to Buffalo- Lower Niagara River- 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- Saint Lawrence River from Cape Vincent to Ogdensburg- Saint Lawrence River from Ogdensburg to Saint Regis- 552 AM EST Wed Dec 18 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the New York waters of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and the Saint Lawrence River. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. 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
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 18, 10:23 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1023 AM EST WED DEC 18 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1022 AM SNOW 8 N REDFIELD 43.64N 75.88W
12/18/2019 M5.0 INCH OSWEGO NY CO-OP OBSERVER
SINCE 7AM
&&
EVENT NUMBER BUF1901923
HITCHCOCKSpecial weather statement, Dec 18, 11:08 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1108 AM EST Wed Dec 18 2019
NYZ004>006-181745-
Oswego-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-
1108 AM EST Wed Dec 18 2019
...BAND OF SNOW MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE
OF WAYNE, NORTHERN CAYUGA, AND WESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES...
A new band of lake effect snow is moving southeast toward the Lake
Ontario shoreline of Wayne, northern Cayuga, and western Oswego
counties. By early afternoon, this band should effectively replace
the strong band currently moving across Northern Oswego and Tug Hill
Plateau. In both cases, expect difficult travel conditions with
some whiteouts. Snow rates are expected to be more variable for
this new band, with rates of 1, to briefly 3 inches per hour. Winds
will also increase with the new band, with some gusts 40 mph. This
will result in some blowing and drifting snow at times. Temperatures
will also start to fall toward the 20 degree mark early this
afternoon.
LAT...LON 4327 7615 4327 7620 4323 7633 4323 7646
4314 7677 4314 7737 4332 7738 4333 7714
4331 7697 4335 7681 4339 7673 4343 7668
4341 7613
ZaffSpecial weather statement, Dec 18, 12:13 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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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, 3:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming | 61 min |
| 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, 1:46 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 |
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