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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Apr 1, 2021, 12:17 PM EDT for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 88 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
- Apr 1, 2021, 12:17 PM EDT (16:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 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, 4.3 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
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
073
WWUS81 KBUF 011617
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1217 PM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021
NYZ001>003-010-011-011745-
Orleans-Genesee-Monroe-Niagara-Northern Erie-
1217 PM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021
...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ERIE...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...
NORTHWESTERN GENESEE AND NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...
At 1214 PM EDT, a snow squall was located along a line extending from
near Fort Niagara State Park to near Lakeside Beach State Park.
Movement was southeast at 20 mph.
Locations impacted include...
Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda, Lockport, Amherst, Tonawanda,
Brockport, Medina, Albion, Hamlin Beach State Park, Grand Island,
Newfane, Pendleton, Spencerport, Lewiston, Youngstown, Middleport,
Holley, Waterport, Lakeside Beach State Park and Fort Niagara State
Park.
Visibilities will drop quickly to a quarter of a mile in this squall.
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 4342 7839 4342 7808 4340 7795 4319 7780
4298 7899 4300 7902 4306 7900 4308 7908
4311 7906 4312 7907 4315 7904 4325 7906
4330 7909
$$
JLAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Wyoming | 60 min |
| Apr 1, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 58 min |
| Apr 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario and 1 more | 58 min |
| Apr 1, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Livingston, Ontario and 1 more | 62 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.