Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jan 22, 2021, 8:04 AM EST for Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 56 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, 8:04 AM EST (13:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2021, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
984
WWUS81 KBUF 221304
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
804 AM EST Fri Jan 22 2021
NYZ001-010-221400-
Niagara-Northern Erie-
804 AM EST Fri Jan 22 2021
...AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL ERIE AND NIAGARA
COUNTIES...
At 800 AM EST, a line of snow showers dropping south from Lake
Ontario this morning will produce a burst of snow which will reduce
visibility to below a half mile at times. Although this will only
produce a half inch to an inch of snow, it will result in slick
travel conditions for this morning commute.
The snow will move into the Niagara Falls area and Grand Island
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, Sanborn, Fort
Niagara State Park, Wilson, Barker, Cambria Center, Pendleton Center,
Ransomville, Rapids, and Gasport.
LAT...LON 4311 7906 4312 7907 4314 7904 4317 7905
4322 7905 4326 7906 4336 7847 4313 7847
4299 7901 4302 7902 4306 7900 4307 7901
4308 7908
$$
TMAThe 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, 7:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 54 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.