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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 25, 2020Erie County, Genesee County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Dec 25, 2020, 10:38 PM EST for Erie County, Genesee County, New York. It was in force for 82 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 25, 2020, 10:38 PM EST (03:38 UTC)
Expired: Dec 26, 2020, 12:00 AM EST
In force: 82 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY

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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 25, 7:29 PM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 7:29 PM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 6:49 PM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 25, 5:45 PM EST, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 25, 7:37 PM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Dec 25, 9:35 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 25, 10:38 PM 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 25, 7:37 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Chautauqua, Wyoming	113 min
Dec 25, 9:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee	55 min
Dec 26, 12:02 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming	88 min
Dec 26, 3:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Wyoming	31 min
Dec 26, 5:13 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee	92 min
Dec 26, 5:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson	90 min
Dec 26, 6:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson	89 min
Dec 26, 6:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Wyoming	85 min
Dec 26, 8:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee	2 hr
Dec 26, 8:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	102 min
Dec 26, 10:03 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	102 min
Dec 26, 10:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee	71 min
Dec 26, 11:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Genesee	3 hr
Dec 26, 11:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	3 hr
Dec 26, 2:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee	116 min
Dec 26, 2:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	2 hr
Dec 26, 4:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie	16 min
Dec 26, 4:33 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	117 min
Dec 26, 6:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis	116 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.