Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter storm warning at Oct 28, 2006, 4:11 AM EDT for 7 counties in New York. It took effect at Oct 28, 2006, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2006, 4:11 AM EDT (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 28, 2006, 11:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2006, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KBUF 280811 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 411 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...LAKE EFFECT MACHINE TO CRANK UP TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD TO CENTRAL NEW YORK TODAY THEN INTO QUEBEC PROVINCE SUNDAY. NOT ONLY WILL THIS SYSTEM BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION BUT ALSO COLD ENOUGH AIR ON THE WEST SIDE OF IT TO PRODUCE LAKE EFFECT SNOW. WIND FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT IT WILL BE PRIMARILY SOUTH OF BUFFALO OFF OF LAKE ERIE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AND OVER THE TUG HILL AREA OF THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO. NYZ012-019-020-085-281615- /O.UPG.KBUF.LE.A.0008.061029T0300Z-061029T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0004.061029T0300Z-061029T2200Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 411 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES GENERALLY ACROSS WYOMING AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES TONIGHT WITH UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER AS MUCH AS 6 TO 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF CATTARAUGUS COUNTY AND INLAND AREAS OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY. IT MAY BE WARM ENOUGH IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW...THERE WILL BE THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS. WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH MAY GUST OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HILLTOPS AND RIDGES. TREES WEIGHTED DOWN WITH THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE IN DANGER OF LOSING LARGE LIMBS OR TOPPLING OVER...TAKING POWER LINES DOWN OR BLOCKING ROADS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE, OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ006>008-281615- /O.UPG.KBUF.LE.A.0008.061029T0600Z-061029T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0004.061029T0600Z-061029T2200Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 411 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH ACCUMULATION NEAR THE LAKE SHORE AREAS OR NEAR WATERTOWN OR OSWEGO AREAS BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR WELL OVER A FOOT OF SNOW OVER THE TUG HILL AREA. THE HEAVY WET LAKE SNOWS WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY VARY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. TREES WEIGHTED DOWN BY THE HEAVY SNOW WILL BE IN DANGER OF LOSING LARGE LIMBS OR TOPPLING OVER...TAKING DOWN POWER LINES OR BLOCKING ROADS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE, OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ021-281615- /O.NEW.KBUF.LE.Y.0017.061029T0600Z-061029T2200Z/ ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WELLSVILLE 411 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. COLD AIR SWEEPING ACROSS LAKE ERIE ON STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL BRING LAKE EFFECT SNOW WELL INLAND...AFFECTING THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTION OF ALLEGANY COUNTY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WILL BE LESSER...IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE...BUT UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE TO THE WEST AND NORTH. IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBUF 280822 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 422 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...LAKE EFFECT MACHINE TO CRANK UP TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD TO CENTRAL NEW YORK TODAY THEN INTO QUEBEC PROVINCE SUNDAY. NOT ONLY WILL THIS SYSTEM BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION BUT ALSO COLD ENOUGH AIR ON THE WEST SIDE OF IT TO PRODUCE LAKE EFFECT SNOW. WIND FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT IT WILL BE PRIMARILY SOUTH OF BUFFALO OFF OF LAKE ERIE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AND OVER THE TUG HILL AREA OF THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO. NYZ021-281630- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.Y.0017.061029T0600Z-061029T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WW.Y.0010.061029T0600Z-061029T2200Z/ ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WELLSVILLE 422 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. COLD AIR SWEEPING ACROSS LAKE ERIE ON STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL BRING LAKE EFFECT SNOW WELL INLAND...AFFECTING THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTION OF ALLEGANY COUNTY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WILL BE LESSER...IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE...BUT UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE TO THE WEST AND NORTH. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL FURTHER WORSEN CONDITIONS AS SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES AND THE HIGH WINDS MAY BRING DOWN LARGE LIMBS OR WHOLE TREES...AS WELL AS POWER LINES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ012-019-020-085-281630- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0004.061029T0300Z-061029T2200Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 422 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES GENERALLY ACROSS WYOMING AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES TONIGHT WITH UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER AS MUCH AS 6 TO 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF CATTARAUGUS COUNTY AND INLAND AREAS OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY. IT MAY BE WARM ENOUGH IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW...THERE WILL BE THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS. WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH MAY GUST OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HILLTOPS AND RIDGES. TREES WEIGHTED DOWN WITH THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE IN DANGER OF LOSING LARGE LIMBS OR TOPPLING OVER...TAKING POWER LINES DOWN OR BLOCKING ROADS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ006>008-281630- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0004.061029T0600Z-061029T2200Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 422 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH ACCUMULATION NEAR THE LAKE SHORE AREAS OR NEAR WATERTOWN OR OSWEGO AREAS BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR WELL OVER A FOOT OF SNOW OVER THE TUG HILL AREA. THE HEAVY WET LAKE SNOWS WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY VARY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. TREES WEIGHTED DOWN BY THE HEAVY SNOW WILL BE IN DANGER OF LOSING LARGE LIMBS OR TOPPLING OVER...TAKING DOWN POWER LINES OR BLOCKING ROADS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$
000 WWUS41 KBUF 281406 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1006 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...LAKE EFFECT MACHINE TO CRANK UP TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON THEN INTO QUEBEC PROVINCE SUNDAY. NOT ONLY WILL THIS SYSTEM BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION...BUT ALSO COLD ENOUGH AIR ON THE WEST SIDE OF IT TO PRODUCE LAKE EFFECT SNOW. WIND FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT IT WILL BE PRIMARILY SOUTH OF BUFFALO OFF OF LAKE ERIE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AND OVER THE TUG HILL AREA OF THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO. NYZ012-019-020-085-282145- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0004.061029T0300Z-061029T2200Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1006 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES GENERALLY ACROSS WYOMING AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES TONIGHT WITH UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER AS MUCH AS 6 TO 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF CATTARAUGUS COUNTY AND INLAND AREAS OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY. IT MAY BE WARM ENOUGH IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW...THERE WILL BE THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS. WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH MAY GUST OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HILLTOPS AND RIDGES. TREES WEIGHTED DOWN WITH THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE IN DANGER OF LOSING LARGE LIMBS OR TOPPLING OVER...TAKING POWER LINES DOWN OR BLOCKING ROADS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE...OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ006>008-282145- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0004.061029T0600Z-061029T2200Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1006 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH ACCUMULATION NEAR THE LAKE SHORE AREAS OR NEAR WATERTOWN OR OSWEGO AREAS BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR OVER A FOOT OF SNOW OVER THE TUG HILL AREA. THE HEAVY WET LAKE SNOWS WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY VARY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. TREES WEIGHTED DOWN BY THE HEAVY SNOW WILL BE IN DANGER OF LOSING LARGE LIMBS OR TOPPLING OVER...TAKING DOWN POWER LINES OR BLOCKING ROADS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ021-282145- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0010.061029T0600Z-061029T2200Z/ ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WELLSVILLE 1006 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. COLD AIR SWEEPING ACROSS LAKE ERIE ON STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL BRING LAKE EFFECT SNOW WELL INLAND...AFFECTING THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTION OF ALLEGANY COUNTY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WILL BE LESSER...IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE...BUT UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE TO THE WEST AND NORTH. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL FURTHER WORSEN CONDITIONS AS SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES AND THE HIGH WINDS MAY BRING DOWN LARGE LIMBS OR WHOLE TREES...AS WELL AS POWER LINES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ TMA
000 WWUS41 KBUF 281959 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 359 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...LAKE EFFECT MACHINE TO CRANK UP TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS STRONG WESTERLY WINDS USHER IN COLDER AIR... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN NEW YORK STATE WILL DRIFT NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN QUEBEC PROVINCE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. NOT ONLY WILL THIS SYSTEM BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BUT THE AIR WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EAST OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO. WIND FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT THE LAKE SNOWS WILL SET UP PRIMARILY SOUTH OF BUFFALO OFF OF LAKE ERIE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO...THE LAKE SNOWS WILL SET UP SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. THE COMBINATION OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS...RESULTING IN VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. NYZ012-019-020-085-290400- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0004.061029T0300Z-061029T2200Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 359 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND INTENSIFY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. GENERAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF HAMBURG AND WARSAW WITH UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. ACROSS CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES...6 TO 8 IS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. THE TEMPERATURES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKE ERIE SHORE ARE EXPECTED TO STAY WARM ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION. THE HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS...RESULTING IN VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TREES WEIGHTED DOWN WITH THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE IN DANGER OF LOSING LARGE LIMBS OR TOPPLING OVER...TAKING POWER LINES DOWN OR BLOCKING ROADS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE...OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ006>008-290400- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0004.061029T0600Z-061029T2200Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 359 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AS COLDER AIR FILTERS ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED NEAR THE LAKE SHORE AREAS...BUT 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY MORNING ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. AS THE COLDER AIR DEEPENS ON SUNDAY...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL INTENSIFY AND ACCUMULATE ANOTHER 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WELL EAST OF THE LAKE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. ONCE AGAIN ON SUNDAY...LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR THE SHORES OF LAKE ONTARIO WHERE THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER. THE HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS...RESULTING IN VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TREES WEIGHTED DOWN WITH THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE IN DANGER OF LOSING LARGE LIMBS OR TOPPLING OVER...TAKING POWER LINES DOWN OR BLOCKING ROADS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ021-290400- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0010.061029T0600Z-061029T2200Z/ ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WELLSVILLE 359 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. COLD AIR SWEEPING ACROSS LAKE ERIE ON STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL BRING LAKE EFFECT SNOW WELL INLAND...AFFECTING THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTION OF ALLEGANY COUNTY TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCH INCHES...BUT UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE NORTHWEST OF ANGELICA TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 55 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN THE AREAS OF STEADIER SNOW. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BRING DOWN LARGE LIMBS OR WHOLE TREES...AS WELL AS POWER LINES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$
000 WWUS41 KBUF 290244 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1044 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOWS AND VERY STRONG WINDS FOR PARTS OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A DEEP STORM OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY LIFT TO THE NORTH OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM SYSTEM WILL NOT ONLY PRODUCE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO THE REGION DURING THE PERIOD...BUT WILL ALSO GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EAST OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO. WIND FORECASTS INDICATE THAT THE LAKE SNOWS WILL BE FOUND SOUTH OF BUFFALO OFF OF LAKE ERIE OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO...THE LAKE SNOWS WILL SET UP SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. THE COMBINATION OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS...RESULTING IN VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. NYZ012-019-020-085-291045- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0004.061029T0300Z-061029T2200Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1044 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SUNDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS WILL INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY SUNDAY. GENERAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF HAMBURG AND WARSAW WITH UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. MEANWHILE ACROSS CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES...6 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY DAYBREAK...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING RESULTING IN STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. TEMPERATURES NEAR THE LAKE ERIE SHORE WILL REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH THOUGH TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION. THE HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AWAY FROM LAKE ERIE...RESULTING IN VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TREES WEIGHTED DOWN WITH THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE IN DANGER OF LOSING LARGE LIMBS OR TOPPLING OVER...TAKING POWER LINES DOWN OR BLOCKING ROADS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE...OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ006>008-291045- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0004.061029T0600Z-061029T2200Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1044 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS AS COLDER AIR WILL FILTER ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED NEAR THE LAKE SHORE AREAS...BUT 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. AS THE COLDER AIR DEEPENS ON SUNDAY...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL INTENSIFY AND ACCUMULATE ANOTHER 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WELL EAST OF THE LAKE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. ONCE AGAIN ON SUNDAY...LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR THE SHORES OF LAKE ONTARIO WHERE THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HIGHER. THE HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AWAY FROM LAKE ONTARIO...RESULTING IN VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TREES WEIGHTED DOWN WITH THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE IN DANGER OF LOSING LARGE LIMBS OR TOPPLING OVER...TAKING POWER LINES DOWN OR BLOCKING ROADS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ021-291045- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0010.061029T0600Z-061029T2200Z/ ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WELLSVILLE 1044 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. COLD AIR SWEEPING ACROSS LAKE ERIE ON STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS THE BULK OF THE COUNTY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...WHILE UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE NORTHWEST OF ANGELICA OVERNIGHT...WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 55 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN THE AREAS OF STEADIER SNOW. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BRING DOWN LARGE LIMBS OR WHOLE TREES...AS WELL AS POWER LINES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ RSH
000 WWUS41 KBUF 290820 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 320 AM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOWS AND VERY STRONG WINDS FOR PARTS OF THE REGION TODAY... .A DEEP STORM OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY LIFT TO THE NORTH TODAY. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM SYSTEM WILL NOT ONLY PRODUCE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO THE REGION DURING THE PERIOD...BUT WILL ALSO GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. THE COMBINATION OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS...RESULTING IN VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. NYZ012-019-020-085-290930- /O.CAN.KBUF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061029T2200Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 320 AM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY BUT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ NYZ021-290930- /O.CAN.KBUF.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-061029T2200Z/ ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WELLSVILLE 320 AM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY BUT ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ NYZ006>008-291630- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061029T2200Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 320 AM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE TUG HILL PLATEAU EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO AND WILL ACCUMULATE ANOTHER 6 TO 10 INCHES. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR THE SHORES OF LAKE ONTARIO AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS NEAR WATERTOWN AND OSWEGO WHERE THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILDER. THE HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AWAY FROM LAKE ONTARIO...RESULTING IN VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TREES WEIGHTED DOWN WITH THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE IN DANGER OF LOSING LARGE LIMBS OR TOPPLING OVER...TAKING POWER LINES DOWN OR BLOCKING ROADS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$
000 WWUS41 KBUF 291507 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1007 AM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOWS AND STRONG WINDS FOR PARTS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON... .A DEEP STORM OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY LIFT TO THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM SYSTEM WILL NOT ONLY PRODUCE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO THE REGION DURING THE PERIOD...BUT WILL ALSO GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. THE COMBINATION OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS...RESULTING IN VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 PM. NYZ006>008-292215- /O.EXT.KBUF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061030T0200Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1007 AM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE TUG HILL PLATEAU EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO AND WILL ACCUMULATE 6 TO 10 INCHES TODAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF UP TO A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR THE SHORES OF LAKE ONTARIO AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS NEAR WATERTOWN AND OSWEGO WHERE THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILDER. THE HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AWAY FROM LAKE ONTARIO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREES AND TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ JJP
000 WWUS41 KBUF 291948 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 248 PM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOWS AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR PARTS OF THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING... .A DEEP STORM OVER CENTRAL QUEBEC WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST THIS EVENING. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH THE MOST PERSISTENT SNOW ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU OVER PARTS OF OSWEGO AND LEWIS COUNTIES WHERE WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT. PORTIONS OF THE TUG HILL COULD STILL SEE SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS EVENT UP TO A FOOT IN SPOTS. THE COMBINATION OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS...RESULTING IN VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THESE WINDS COULD ALSO KNOCK DOWN MORE TREES AND LIMBS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN LATER THIS EVENING SO WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. NYZ007-292100- /O.CAN.KBUF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061030T0200Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 248 PM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVIER LAKE SNOWS SHOULD STAY SOUTH OF THE REGION SO THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ NYZ006-008-300200- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061030T0200Z/ OSWEGO-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...LOWVILLE 248 PM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE TUG HILL PLATEAU EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO AND WILL ACCUMULATE ANOTHER 3 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF UP TO A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR THE SHORES OF LAKE ONTARIO AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS NEAR WATERTOWN AND OSWEGO. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AWAY FROM LAKE ONTARIO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS COULD STILL KNOCK DOWN TREES AND TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. $$ JJP
000 WWUS41 KBUF 300224 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 924 PM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WINDING DOWN EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO... .THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW THAT DEVELOPED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WELL EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO HAS SUBSIDED THIS EVENING AND WILL END OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO NEW YORK STATE. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT HELPED TO PRODUCE THE SNOW CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM NEW YORK STATE. THIS WILL HELP THE WINDS TO SUBSIDE AS THE EVENING WEARS ON. NYZ006-008-300330- /O.EXP.KBUF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061030T0200Z/ OSWEGO-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...LOWVILLE 924 PM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES THIS EVENING...AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 4:11 AM EDT | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | Allegany | 11 min |
| Oct 28, 4:22 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Allegany | 24 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:53 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 28, 10:01 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 5 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:08 PM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 19 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in New York, 2006Every winter storm warning in 2006
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.