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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter storm watch at Mar 8, 2024, 1:57 PM EST for 7 counties in New York. It took effect at Mar 10, 2024, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2024, 1:57 PM EST (18:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2024, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2024, 1:39 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 8, 1:00 PM EST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 1:00 PM EST, 57 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 6:57 AM EST, 7 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 657 AM EST Fri Mar 8 2024 NYZ001>005-010-011-091200- Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Northern Erie-Genesee- 657 AM EST Fri Mar 8 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf LEZ020-040-041-LOZ030-091200- Upper Niagara River and Buffalo Harbor- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Ripley to Dunkirk- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Dunkirk to Buffalo- Lower Niagara River- 657 AM EST Fri Mar 8 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf SLZ022-024-091200- Saint Lawrence River from Cape Vincent to Ogdensburg- Saint Lawrence River from Ogdensburg to Saint Regis- 657 AM EST Fri Mar 8 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the New York waters of the Saint Lawrence River. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ012-019-020-085-091200- Wyoming-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Southern Erie- 657 AM EST Fri Mar 8 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Southeast winds will increase Saturday. Southeast gusts 40 to 50 mph, especially the northwest downslope region of the Chautauqua Ridge, and higher hill tops could lead to isolate power outages. Snow, lake effect and upslope, with moderate accumulations late Saturday night through Monday. Heaviest accumulations will be Sunday and Sunday evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ006>008-091200- Oswego-Jefferson-Lewis- 657 AM EST Fri Mar 8 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Southeast winds will increase Saturday and through Saturday evening. Southeast gusts 40 to 50 mph, especially the Tug Hill and northwest downslope region of the Tug Hill could lead to isolate power outages. Snow, lake effect and upslope, with moderate accumulations late Saturday night through Monday night. Heaviest snow will be Sunday and Sunday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ013-014-021-091200- Livingston-Ontario-Allegany- 657 AM EST Fri Mar 8 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Southeast winds will increase Saturday. Southeast gusts 40 to 50 mph, especially for higher hill tops could lead to isolate power outages. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf LOZ042>045-062>065-091200- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Mexico Bay to the Saint Lawrence River- Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay- Lake Ontario open waters from Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay- Lake Ontario open waters from Mexico Bay to the Saint Lawrence River- 657 AM EST Fri Mar 8 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Ontario. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 12:53 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis | 33 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:53 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.