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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

February 28, 2020Monroe County, Niagara County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Feb 28, 2020, 10:21 PM EST for Monroe County, Niagara County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 54 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: Feb 28, 2020, 10:21 PM EST (03:21 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2020, 11:15 PM EST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

219 
WWUS81 KBUF 290321
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1021 PM EST Fri Feb 28 2020

NYZ001>004-010-011-290415-
Orleans-Wayne-Genesee-Niagara-Monroe-Northern Erie-
1021 PM EST Fri Feb 28 2020

...AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WAYNE...FAR NORTHERN 
ERIE...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...MONROE AND NORTHERN GENESEE COUNTIES...

At 1012 PM EST, an band of heavy snow located along the southern 
Lake Ontario shoreline, stretching from Niagara County eastward to 
Wayne County will move south across these areas over the next hour or 
so. Snowfall rates will be between one and two inches per hour in 
the heart of the band as it moves south. This band of heavy snow 
will continue to press further southward across western NY, the 
Genesee Valley and the western Finger Lakes over the next few hours.

Wind gusts of 30 mph are possible with this area of heavy snow. This 
will create some blowing and drifting snow as well, further reducing 
visibilities.

Locations impacted include...
Rochester, Greece, Irondequoit, Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda,
Chili, Lockport, Amherst, Tonawanda, Brockport, East Rochester,
Medina, Albion, Hilton, Webster, Brighton, Gates-North Gates,
Ontario, Penfield and Grand Island.

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 4325 7905 4331 7848 4334 7765 4328 7754
      4333 7717 4331 7697 4338 7673 4317 7671
      4299 7901 4306 7900 4308 7908

$$

Mitchell

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 11:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Genesee	49 min

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