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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

March 31, 2023Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2023, 11:24 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 51 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
Mar 31, 2023, 11:24 PM EDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2023, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Mar 31, 10:25 PM EDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 10:25 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 1:43 PM EDT, 9 hours 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 11:24 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 11:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Mar 31, 11:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus50 min
Apr 1, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 min
Apr 1, 1:29 PM EDTGale WarningBUF6 hr
Apr 1, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie55 min
Apr 1, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF49 min
Apr 1, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF30 min
Apr 1, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming79 min
Apr 1, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF40 min
Apr 1, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario and 2 more53 min
Apr 1, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne62 min
Apr 1, 5:33 PM EDTLakeshore Flood AdvisoryBUFChautauqua, Erie3 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.