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Winter Storm Watch 10, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter storm watch at Feb 15, 2025, 2:37 PM EST for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Feb 17, 2025, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2025, 2:37 PM EST (19:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2025, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2025, 3:31 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 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 Feb 15, 1:33 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 1:33 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 5:41 AM EST, 8 hours 56 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 541 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-161045- Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Northern Erie-Genesee- Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Allegany- Southern Erie- 541 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Behind a strong storm system west to northwest winds will increase with gusts to 45 mph or stronger Sunday night through Monday night. This, combined with the cold air temperatures could also lead to cold weather headlines with wind chills dropping to -15F by Monday 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 NYZ007-008-161045- Jefferson-Lewis- 541 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. Behind a strong storm system west to northwest winds will increase with gusts to 45 mph or stronger Sunday night through Monday night. This, combined with the cold air temperatures could also lead to cold weather headlines with wind chills dropping to -20F by Monday night. The potential also exists for significant lake effect snow Sunday night through Tuesday 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 NYZ006-161045- Oswego- 541 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Behind a strong storm system west to northwest winds will increase with gusts to 45 mph or stronger Sunday night through Monday night. This, combined with the cold air temperatures could also lead to cold weather headlines with wind chills dropping to -20F by Monday night. The potential also exists for significant lake effect snow Sunday night through Tuesday 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 LEZ020-040-041-LOZ030-SLZ022-024-161045- 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- Saint Lawrence River from Cape Vincent to Ogdensburg- Saint Lawrence River from Ogdensburg to Saint Regis- 541 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and Saint Lawrence River. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. 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 LOZ044-045-064-065-161045- 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 Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay- Lake Ontario open waters from Mexico Bay to the Saint Lawrence River- 541 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Ontario. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Watch. .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 LOZ042-043-062-063-161045- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay- Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay- 541 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM EST SUNDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Ontario. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. Gale Watch. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 4:03 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 45 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:12 AM EST | Gale Warning | BUF | 72 hr | |
| Feb 15, 4:10 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 4 days |
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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.