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Lake Effect Snow Watch 5, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 15, 20058 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow watch at Dec 15, 2005, 5:26 AM EST for 8 counties in New York. It took effect at Dec 15, 2005, 3:29 PM EST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 15, 2005, 5:26 AM EST (10:26 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 15, 2005, 3:29 PM EST
Expired
Dec 17, 2005, 4:15 AM EST
In force
37 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 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 lake effect snow 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 lake effect snow watch went out at Dec 15, 3:25 AM EST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 3:25 AM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
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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.