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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 15, 2020Chautauqua County, Livingston County, Wyoming County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at May 15, 2020, 2:05 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, Livingston County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 70 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: May 15, 2020, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2020, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 15, 1:55 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 1:55 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 4:10 AM EDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 15, 2:05 PM EDT, 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
May 15, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Wyoming	49 min
May 15, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming	58 min
May 15, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	58 min
May 15, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario	40 min
May 15, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Allegany	37 min
May 15, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis	37 min
May 15, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus	37 min
May 15, 5:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	3 hr

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.