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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 22, 2021Niagara County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jan 22, 2021, 7:06 AM EST for Niagara 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: Jan 22, 2021, 7:06 AM EST (12:06 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2021, 8:00 AM EST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Niagara County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 32 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: 919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

425 
WWUS81 KBUF 221206
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
706 AM EST Fri Jan 22 2021

NYZ001-010-221300-
Niagara-Northern Erie-
706 AM EST Fri Jan 22 2021

...HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL ERIE AND NIAGARA 
COUNTIES...

At 700 AM EST, a line of snow showers will drop south of Lake 
Ontario this morning, producing a burst of snowfall which will 
reduce visibility to a quarter mile at times. Although this will 
only produce around an inch snow, it will result in slick travel 
conditions for this morning commute. 

The snow will move into Niagara and northern Erie counties around 
daybreak, and then across the Niagara Falls metro area through 9 AM. 
Motorists should be prepared for poor travel conditions, and allow 
some extra time for the morning commute.

Locations impacted include...
Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda, Lockport, Amherst, Grand Island,
Newfane, Pendleton, Lewiston, Youngstown, Middleport, Fort Niagara
State Park, Sanborn, Wilson, Barker, Cambria Center, Olcott,
Pendleton Center, Ransomville, Rapids and Gasport.

LAT...LON 4311 7906 4312 7907 4314 7904 4325 7906
      4327 7907 4337 7878 4340 7864 4341 7846
      4313 7847 4299 7901 4302 7902 4306 7900
      4308 7908

$$

HSK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 22, 3:25 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	10 hr
Jan 22, 3:25 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	Cayuga, Monroe, Orleans, Oswego, Wayne	31 hr
Jan 22, 3:38 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		53 hr
Jan 22, 4:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	114 min
Jan 22, 6:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	89 min
Jan 22, 8:04 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Niagara	56 min
Jan 22, 8:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Monroe	76 min
Jan 22, 9:04 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Wayne	56 min
Jan 22, 10:18 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	72 min
Jan 22, 11:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	59 min
Jan 22, 3:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	49 min
Jan 22, 4:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	66 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.