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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 20, 2022Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Nov 20, 2022, 1:42 PM EST for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 108 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: Nov 20, 2022, 1:42 PM EST (18:42 UTC)
Expired: Nov 20, 2022, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 108 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 1505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Nov 20, 11:36 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 20, 11:36 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 20, 4:09 AM EST, 9 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 20, 12:44 PM EST, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1244 PM EST SUN NOV 20 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0812 AM     SNOW             WATERTOWN               43.97N 75.91W
11/20/2022  M3.6 INCH        JEFFERSON          NY   PUBLIC

&&

Local storm report, Nov 20, 12:45 PM EST, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1245 PM EST SUN NOV 20 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0812 AM     SNOW             WATERTOWN               43.97N 75.91W
11/20/2022  M61.0 INCH       JEFFERSON          NY   PUBLIC

            STORM TOTAL SINCE THURSDAY NIGHT.

&&

Local storm report, Nov 20, 12:49 PM EST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1249 PM EST SUN NOV 20 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0818 AM     SNOW             1 NW BUFFALO            42.90N 78.87W
11/20/2022  M20.5 INCH       ERIE               NY   PUBLIC

            STORM TOTAL SINCE THURSDAY NIGHT.

&&

Local storm report, Nov 20, 12:51 PM EST, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1251 PM EST SUN NOV 20 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0829 AM     SNOW             1 NW ALDEN              42.91N 78.51W
11/20/2022  M40.5 INCH       ERIE               NY   PUBLIC

            STORM TOTAL FROM THURSDAY NIGHT.

&&

Local storm report, Nov 20, 1:23 PM EST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
123 PM EST SUN NOV 20 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 AM     SNOW             LANCASTER               42.90N 78.67W
11/20/2022  M4.3 INCH        ERIE               NY   PUBLIC

&&

Special weather statement, Nov 20, 1:42 PM EST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
142 PM EST Sun Nov 20 2022

NYZ004>008-202030-
Jefferson NY-Oswego NY-Lewis NY-Wayne NY-Northern Cayuga NY-
142 PM EST Sun Nov 20 2022

...AN INTENSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WILL AFFECT PARTS OF
JEFFERSON...OSWEGO... LEWIS...WAYNE...AND NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTIES...

HAZARDS...Lake effect snow with wind gusts up to 40 mph will rapidly
reduce visibility to less than a quarter of a mile. This lake effect
snow band is producing extremely heavy snow at the rate of 1 to 3
inches per hour within the most intense part of the band.

LOCATION AND MOVEMENT...At 130 PM EST, a lake effect snow band was
located between Mannsville NY to Fulton, NY. This band will remain
fairly stationary over the next hour then again drift south across
Oswego co.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
Oswego, Fulton, Sandy Island Beach State Park, Fair Haven Beach State
Park, Lowville, Pulaski, Central Square, Adams, Redfield, Selkirk
Shores State Park, Highmarket, Mexico Point State Park, Nine Mile
Point, Southwick Beach State Park, Battle Island State Park,
Whetstone Gulf State Park, Brewerton, Hastings, Scriba and Volney.

This includes Interstate 81 between exits 32 and 40.

***Travel will be extremely difficult, if not nearly impossible in
the most intense portion of this band.***

SAFETY INFO...
Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations. Be
prepared for snow or ice covered roads. Slow down and allow extra
time to reach your destination.

&&

LAT...LON 4342 7553 4348 7581 4333 7589 4317 7588
      4320 7608 4327 7620 4322 7619 4333 7718
      4332 7695 4335 7681 4356 7645 4356 7628
      4378 7629 4381 7633 4381 7618 4377 7513
      4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 274DEG 96KT 4362 7639

Reynolds

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 19, 9:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Niagara, Orleans	58 min
Nov 19, 11:20 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Genesee, Wyoming	55 min
Nov 20, 12:34 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Livingston, Wyoming	56 min
Nov 20, 1:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson	70 min
Nov 20, 2:13 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson	77 min
Nov 20, 3:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	79 min
Nov 20, 4:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	2 hr
Nov 20, 6:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	113 min
Nov 20, 8:22 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	83 min
Nov 20, 8:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	119 min
Nov 20, 10:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	2 hr
Nov 20, 3:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	88 min
Nov 20, 5:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	119 min
Nov 20, 6:41 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BUF	Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara and 2 more	26 hr

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Sources

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