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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Feb 20, 2021, 8:42 AM EST for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 63 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 20, 2021, 8:42 AM EST (13:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2021, 9:45 AM EST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
740
WWUS81 KBUF 201342
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
842 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021
NYZ001-002-011-201445-
Orleans-Genesee-Niagara-
842 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021
...BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT NIAGARA...ORLEANS AND
NORTHEASTERN GENESEE COUNTIES...
At 839 AM EST, bands of lake effect snow producing snow fall rates
over 1 inch per hour and visibility less than one-quarter mile
stretched from western Niagara County across much of Orleans county
and into northern Genesee county.
Locations impacted include...
Niagara Falls, Lockport, Medina, Albion, Hamlin Beach State Park,
Newfane, Lewiston, Byron, Youngstown, Middleport, Holley, Waterport,
Lakeside Beach State Park, Fort Niagara State Park, Sanborn, Point
Breeze, Kent, Ridgeway, Shelby and Clarendon.
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 4341 7856 4342 7839 4340 7795 4336 7795
4336 7799 4314 7800 4313 7796 4300 7797
4320 7859 4308 7907 4315 7904 4325 7906
4328 7908
$$
JLAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 4:26 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 21 hr | |
| Feb 20, 4:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 78 min |
| Feb 20, 6:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 84 min |
| Feb 20, 8:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 63 min |
| Feb 20, 10:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 56 min |
| Feb 20, 10:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 57 min |
| Feb 20, 2:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Orleans | 58 min |
| Feb 20, 2:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 52 min |
| Feb 20, 4:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 2 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 116 min |
| Feb 20, 6:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 89 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.