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Lake Effect Snow Warning 15, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow warning at Dec 3, 2007, 11:24 AM EST for 15 counties in New York. It was in force for 50 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
- Dec 3, 2007, 11:24 AM EST (16:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2007, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 031624 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1124 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BRING HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS TO THE AREA... .LOW PRESSURE REORGANIZING OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL DRAW MUCH COLDER AIR INTO OUR REGION THE REST OF TODAY INTO TUESDAY. THIS COLDER AIR CROSSING THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LAKE EFFECT SNOWS TO THE LEE OF BOTH LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO. NYZ019-020-085-040030- /O.CAN.KBUF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.LE.W.0015.071203T1624Z-071204T2200Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 1124 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS SKI COUNTRY AND THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 2 FEET ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA RIDGE AND THE BOSTON HILLS...WITH MUCH LESSER AMOUNTS CLOSE TO LAKE ERIE. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TODAY. THE WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ003>006-040030- /O.CAN.KBUF.WS.W.0004.071203T2100Z-071205T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.LE.W.0015.071203T2100Z-071205T0500Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... OSWEGO 1124 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO LATER THIS AFTERNOON... CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED ONE FOOT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT BANDS. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH NEAR LAKE ONTARIO. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ SAGE
13 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBUF 031631 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1131 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BRING HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS TO THE AREA... .LOW PRESSURE REORGANIZING OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL DRAW MUCH COLDER AIR INTO OUR REGION THE REST OF TODAY INTO TUESDAY. THIS COLDER AIR CROSSING THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LAKE EFFECT SNOWS TO THE LEE OF BOTH LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO. NYZ019-020-085-040045- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 1131 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS SKI COUNTRY AND THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 2 FEET ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA RIDGE AND THE BOSTON HILLS...WITH MUCH LESSER AMOUNTS CLOSE TO LAKE ERIE. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TODAY. THE WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ003>006-040045- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.071203T2100Z-071205T0500Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... OSWEGO 1131 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO LATER THIS AFTERNOON... CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED ONE FOOT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT BANDS. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH NEAR LAKE ONTARIO. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ SAGE
000 WWUS41 KBUF 032106 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 406 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BRING HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS TO THE AREA... .A STRONG AND COLD NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO. EXPECT NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOWS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NYZ012-021-040515- /O.EXA.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ WYOMING-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...WELLSVILLE 406 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS ARE UNDERWAY AND WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF WYOMING AND AT LEAST WESTERN PORTIONS OF ALLEGANY COUNTY. EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR AT TIMES ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS CREATING PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WITH WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH OVERNIGHT. SNOW TOTALS SHOULD EXCEED 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ019-020-085-040515- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 406 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SKI COUNTRY AND THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 2 FEET ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA RIDGE AND THE BOSTON HILLS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO LAKE ERIE. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ003>006-040515- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T0500Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... OSWEGO 406 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO AND CONTINUE RIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED ONE FOOT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT BANDS. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ002-011-040515- /O.NEW.KBUF.SB.Y.0002.071203T2106Z-071204T1500Z/ ORLEANS-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...BATAVIA 406 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS ARE UNDERWAY AND WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE COUNTIES OVERNIGHT...LASTING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR AT TIMES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS CREATING PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. WIND GUSTS MAY APPROACH 45 MPH OVERNIGHT. SNOW TOTALS SHOULD BE RANGE FROM 1 INCH TO NEAR 7 INCHES DEPENDING ON HOW THE LAKE BANDS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ZAFF
000 WWUS41 KBUF 040212 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 912 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BRING HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS TO THE AREA... .A STRONG AND COLD NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO. EXPECT NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOWS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NYZ012-019>021-085-041015- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 912 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SKI COUNTRY AND THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 2 FEET ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA RIDGE AND THE BOSTON HILLS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO LAKE ERIE. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ003>006-041015- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T0500Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... OSWEGO 912 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO AND CONTINUE RIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED ONE FOOT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT BANDS. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ007-008-041015- /O.NEW.KBUF.LE.Y.0026.071204T0212Z-071204T1500Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 912 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE TUG HILL REGION OF JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND WEST OF LOWVILLE. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ NYZ002-011-041015- /O.CON.KBUF.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071204T1500Z/ ORLEANS-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...BATAVIA 912 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS ARE UNDERWAY AND WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE COUNTIES OVERNIGHT...LASTING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR AT TIMES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS CREATING PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. WIND GUSTS MAY APPROACH 45 MPH OVERNIGHT. SNOW TOTALS SHOULD BE RANGE FROM 1 INCH TO NEAR 7 INCHES DEPENDING ON HOW THE LAKE BANDS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS41 KBUF 040455 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1155 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BRING HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS TO THE AREA... .A STRONG AND COLD NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO. EXPECT NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOWS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NYZ007-008-041300- /O.UPG.KBUF.LE.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-071204T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T1500Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1155 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE TUG HILL REGION OF JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND WEST OF LOWVILLE. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ012-019>021-085-041300- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1155 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SKI COUNTRY AND THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 2 FEET ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA RIDGE AND THE BOSTON HILLS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO LAKE ERIE. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ003>006-041300- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T0500Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... OSWEGO 1155 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO AND CONTINUE RIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED ONE FOOT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT BANDS. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ002-011-041300- /O.CON.KBUF.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071204T1500Z/ ORLEANS-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...BATAVIA 1155 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS ARE UNDERWAY AND WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE COUNTIES OVERNIGHT...LASTING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR AT TIMES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS CREATING PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. WIND GUSTS MAY APPROACH 45 MPH OVERNIGHT. SNOW TOTALS SHOULD BE RANGE FROM 1 INCH TO NEAR 7 INCHES DEPENDING ON HOW THE LAKE BANDS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ TMA
000 WWUS41 KBUF 040538 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1238 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BRING HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS TO THE AREA... .A STRONG AND COLD NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO. EXPECT NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOWS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NYZ014-041345- /O.EXA.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T1500Z/ ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CANANDAIGUA 1238 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A VICTOR TO CANANDAIGUA TO GORHAM LINE. THE HEAVIEST AND MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS WILL AFFECT THE GENEVA... CLIFTON SPRINGS AND VICTOR AREAS. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ012-019>021-085-041345- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1238 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SKI COUNTRY AND THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 2 FEET ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA RIDGE AND THE BOSTON HILLS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO LAKE ERIE. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ003>006-041345- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T0500Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... OSWEGO 1238 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO AND CONTINUE RIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED ONE FOOT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT BANDS. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ007-008-041345- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T1500Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1238 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE TUG HILL REGION OF JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND WEST OF LOWVILLE. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ002-011-041345- /O.CON.KBUF.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071204T1500Z/ ORLEANS-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...BATAVIA 1238 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS ARE UNDERWAY AND WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE COUNTIES OVERNIGHT...LASTING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR AT TIMES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS CREATING PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. WIND GUSTS MAY APPROACH 45 MPH OVERNIGHT. SNOW TOTALS SHOULD BE RANGE FROM 1 INCH TO NEAR 7 INCHES DEPENDING ON HOW THE LAKE BANDS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ TMA
000 WWUS41 KBUF 040732 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 232 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BRING HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS TO THE AREA... .A STRONG AND COLD NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO. EXPECT NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOWS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NYZ002-011-041545- /O.UPG.KBUF.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071204T1500Z/ /O.EXA.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ ORLEANS-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...BATAVIA 232 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE COUNTIES OVERNIGHT...LASTING THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. EXPECT SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS CREATING PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ013-041545- /O.EXA.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ LIVINGSTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GENESEO 232 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY NORTH OF GENESEO. THE HEAVIEST AND MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS WILL AFFECT THE CALEDONIA...AVON AND YORK AREAS. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ014-041545- /O.EXT.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CANANDAIGUA 232 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A VICTOR TO CANANDAIGUA TO GORHAM LINE. THE HEAVIEST AND MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS WILL AFFECT THE GENEVA... CLIFTON SPRINGS AND VICTOR AREAS. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ007-008-041545- /O.EXT.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 232 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE TUG HILL REGION OF JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND WEST OF LOWVILLE. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ012-019>021-085-041545- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 232 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SKI COUNTRY AND THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 2 FEET ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA RIDGE AND THE BOSTON HILLS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO LAKE ERIE. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ003>006-041545- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T0500Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... OSWEGO 232 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO AND CONTINUE RIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED ONE FOOT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT BANDS. IN ADDITION TO ACCUMULATING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ TMA
000 WWUS41 KBUF 041001 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 501 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO BRING COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION. THIS COLDER AIR FLOWING ACROSS THE WARMER WATERS OF THE LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO WILL MAINTAIN THE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF TONIGHT. NYZ014-041815- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CANANDAIGUA 501 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES COULD REACH AN INCH PER HOUR IN THE STRONGEST BANDS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BRING SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A VICTOR TO GENEVA LINE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS FALLING WHERE THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS SET UP. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ012-019>021-085-041815- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 501 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SKI COUNTRY AND THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER THROUGH THIS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 2 FEET ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA RIDGE AND THE BOSTON HILLS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO LAKE ERIE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW... WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ003>006-041815- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T0500Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... OSWEGO 501 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO TODAY... CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED ONE FOOT BY LATE THIS EVENING IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT BANDS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW... WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ007-008-041815- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 501 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY ACROSS THE TUG HILL REGION OF JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND WEST OF LOWVILLE. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ002-011-013-041815- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ ORLEANS-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...BATAVIA...GENESEO 501 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES COULD REACH AN INCH PER HOUR IN THE STRONGEST BANDS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 3 TO 8 INCHES WILL BRING SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A MEDINA TO BATAVIA TO GENESEO LINE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS FALLING WHERE THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS SET UP. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ TMA
000 WWUS41 KBUF 041449 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 949 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO BRING COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION. THIS COLDER AIR FLOWING ACROSS THE WARMER WATERS OF THE LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO WILL MAINTAIN THE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF TONIGHT. NYZ014-042130- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CANANDAIGUA 949 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES COULD REACH AN INCH PER HOUR IN THE STRONGEST BANDS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BRING SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A VICTOR TO GENEVA LINE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS FALLING WHERE THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS SET UP. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ012-019>021-085-042130- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 949 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SKI COUNTRY AND THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 2 TO 6 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...BRINGING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 2 FEET ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA RIDGE AND THE BOSTON HILLS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO LAKE ERIE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW... WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ003>006-042130- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T0500Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... OSWEGO 949 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO TODAY... CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING ONE FOOT BY LATE THIS EVENING IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT BANDS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS TODAY WILL BE ACROSS THE ROCHESTER METRO AREA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW... WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ007-008-042130- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 949 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY ACROSS THE TUG HILL REGION OF JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND WEST OF LOWVILLE...BRINGING TOTALS ON THE TUG HILL TO A FOOT. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NYZ002-011-013-042130- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ ORLEANS-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...BATAVIA...GENESEO 949 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES COULD REACH AN INCH PER HOUR IN THE STRONGEST BANDS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BRING SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A MEDINA TO BATAVIA TO GENESEO LINE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS FALLING WHERE THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS SET UP. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$
000 WWUS41 KBUF 042007 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 307 PM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKES INTO THIS EVENING...BUT THE ACTIVITY OFF LAKE ERIE WILL WEAKEN. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE ACTIVITY TAPERS OFF THERE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. NYZ002-007-008-011>014-019>021-085-042115- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071204T2200Z/ ORLEANS-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE... BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 307 PM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. THE NORTHWEST FLOW OF COLD AIR WHICH PRODUCED THE LAKE SNOWS DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND DRIER AIR WILL ALSO BE DRAWN ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUED DECREASE IN LAKE SNOWS TONIGHT. SOME AREAS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER COULD STILL RECEIVE ANOTHER INCH OR TWO BUT SIGNIFICANT FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL USE CAUTION AS MANY ROADS IN THE AREA WILL REMAIN SLICK TONIGHT. $$ NYZ003>006-050415- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T0500Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... OSWEGO 307 PM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BUT WILL HAVE A TENDENCY TO SHIFT FURTHER EAST AND CLOSER TO THE LAKE AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON AS WINDS BECOME MORE WESTERLY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 6 INCH RANGE...MOST LIKELY FROM THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF ROCHESTER TO CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY EXCEED A FOOT OVER SOME PORTIONS OF WAYNE AND OSWEGO COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT THEY SHOULD DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MCLAUGHLIN
000 WWUS41 KBUF 050334 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1034 PM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF WEDNESDAY...ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE OF THE LAKE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE ROCHESTER AREA EAST TO OSWEGO COUNTY THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT. THE LAKE SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT EAST OUT OF ROCHESTER BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY FROM WAYNE THROUGH OSWEGO COUNTIES. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE PASSING BY TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO DISRUPT THE WIND FIELDS AND CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW TO WEAKEN. NYZ004>006-051145- /O.EXT.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T1800Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO 1034 PM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND HEAVIER SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 1 TO 2 FOOT RANGE IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WELL INLAND FROM THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE. THE LAKE SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BY EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME LIMITED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. $$ NYZ003-051000- /O.EXT.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T1000Z/ MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ROCHESTER 1034 PM EST TUE DEC 4 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND HEAVIER SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO AROUND 1 FOOT IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WELL INLAND FROM THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE. THE LAKE SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND SHIFT EAST OUT OF THE COUNTY BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME LIMITED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. $$ HITCHCOCK
000 WWUS41 KBUF 050950 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 450 AM EST WED DEC 5 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO... .A COLD NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS FROM WAYNE COUNTY TO OSWEGO COUNTY. WHILE THESE SNOWS WILL PERSIST TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS... THEIR INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE SHOULD DIMINISH. NYZ003-051100- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T1000Z/ MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ROCHESTER 450 AM EST WED DEC 5 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. WHILE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF FLUFFY LAKE SNOW IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...DRIER AIR AT UPPER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THE LAKE SNOWS ACROSS THE COUNTY TODAY. $$ NYZ004>006-051800- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T1800Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO 450 AM EST WED DEC 5 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD LAKE SNOWS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOWER OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF WAYNE COUNTY THOUGH...AS DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THE ACTIVITY CLOSER TO ROCHESTER. THE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TODAY WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 1 TO 2 FOOT RANGE IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WELL INLAND FROM THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE. THE LAKE SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. $$ RSH
000 WWUS41 KBUF 051550 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1050 AM EST WED DEC 5 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO... .A COLD NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN OSWEGO COUNTY. THE LAKE SNOWS HERE MAY PRODUCE SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IN THE VICINITY OF MEXICO BAY AND SANDY CREEK THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE LAKE SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. NYZ004-005-051700- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T1800Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN 1050 AM EST WED DEC 5 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS WEAKENED TO JUST SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. THEREFORE THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NYZ006-051800- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T1800Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 1050 AM EST WED DEC 5 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. AN AREA OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OSWEGO COUNTY NEAR MEXICO BAY. THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITIES SUCH AS SANDY CREEK AND LACONA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL BRING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO OVER 1 FOOT IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. $$ HITCHCOCK
000 WWUS41 KBUF 051806 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 106 PM EST WED DEC 5 2007 NYZ006-051915- /O.EXP.KBUF.LE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071205T1800Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 106 PM EST WED DEC 5 2007 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUES TO WEAKEN ACROSS OSWEGO COUNTY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL ONLY BE AROUND AN INCH IN A FEW LOCALIZED AREAS NEAR MEXICO BAY INCLUDING SANDY CREEK AND LACONA. THEREFORE THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ HITCHCOCK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this lake effect snow warning 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 warning went out at Dec 3, 10:35 AM EST, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 10:35 AM EST, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1035 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC WILL WEAKEN AS A
COASTAL SYSTEM INTENSIFIES AND MOVES TOWARD THE CANADIAN MARITIMES
OVERNIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE LOW WILL USHER IN
MUCH COLDER AIR GENERATING HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SOUTHEAST OF THE
LAKES THROUGH TUESDAY. A FAST MOVING LOW WILL CROSS THE OHIO
VALLEY WEDNESDAY AND BRING A CHANCE OF A MORE GENERAL LIGHT
SNOWFALL. MORE LAKE SNOWS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY...THEN ANOTHER LOW
MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA WILL BRING A CHANCE OF A GENERAL
SNOW ON FRIDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SURFACE LOW JUST NORTH OF KMSS AT 15Z. TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IN
PLACE BUT MAIN WIND EVENT APPEARS TO BE OVER WITH MOST LOCATIONS
UNDER ADVISORY CRITERIA...EXCEPT FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY. THIS LONE
COUNTY APPEARS TO STICK OUT AS ITS NOT UNDER ANY WINTER/SNOW
PRODUCT...BUT ITS RELEVANT DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY TO THE HIGHER
WINDS ALOFT. WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER ASIDE...WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO
DIE OFF BUT THERE IS NOT MUCH NEED FOR CONTINUING THE ADVISORY AND
WILL CANCEL IT. WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH
1PM EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO WILL ALSO BE CANCELED AS THE MAIN PRECIP
EVENT FROM OVERNIGHT HAS PASSED.
WITH THOSE OUT OF THE WAY...WE CAN FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPING SNOW
EVENT COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW. HAVE MADE SUBTLE ADJUSTMENTS TO
SNOW...PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION...AND WEATHER VARIABLES IN OUR
DIGITAL DATASET...BUT THE MAIN WORDING COMES OUT ABOUT THE SAME.
THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONGEST OVER THE WESTERN SOUTHERN
TIER WHERE WIND SPEEDS ALOFT ARE STRONGER AND MORE LIKELY TO MIX
DOWN IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
850 MB TEMPERATURES PLUNGING TO NEAR MINUS 15C BY EVENING WILL
CREATE IMPRESSIVE LAKE INSTABILITY. WELL ALIGNED NORTHWEST FLOW WILL
GENERATE HEAVY LAKE SNOWS SOUTH OF BUFFALO. THE COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...WILL
THEREFORE MAINTAIN WINTER STORM WARNING. SAME CONDITIONS WILL
DEVELOP LATER TODAY SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. WILL THEREFORE POST A
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MONROE COUNTY OVER TO OSWEGO COUNTY.
ALL AVAILABLE MESOSCALE MODELS SUGGESTING HEAVY LAKE SNOWS WILL
CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKES TONIGHT AS WELL ALIGNED NORTHWEST
FLOW PERSISTS. OUTSIDE OF PRIMARY LAKE EFFECT AREAS...MESOSCALE
MODELS SUGGESTING THE POTENTIAL FOR PERIODIC HEAVY LAKE BANDS ACROSS
THE NIAGARA FRONTIER FROM UPSTREAM CONNECTIONS WITH GEORGIAN BAY
AND LAKE HURON...STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO BRING BANDS OF HEAVY LAKE
SNOWS FATHER INLAND ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES. HEADLINES MAY NEED TO
BE RAISED TONIGHT FOR OTHER AREAS AS WELL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
COLD CYCLONIC FLOW WILL BE MAINTAIN THROUGH TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT WHICH WILL CONTINUE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT
SNOWS SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKES.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
THE FULL LATITUDE TROUGH OVER MUCH OF NORTH AMERICA AT THE START OF
THIS PERIOD WILL BASICALLY REMAIN IN PLACE INTO NEXT WEEKEND...
BUT A SPLIT FLOW WILL DEVELOP TO ITS WEST. THIS SPLIT IN THE JET
WILL FEATURE A NEAR ZONAL FLOW FROM THE PLAINS ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES REGION...BASICALLY SERVING AS A BOUNDARY BETWEEN VERY MILD AIR
TO THE SOUTH AND WINTRY CONDITIONS TO THE NORTH. OUR REGION WILL BE
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE.
AS A RESULT...THE PERIOD WILL FEATURE MODERATING TEMPERATURES WITH
MERCURY READINGS RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS. DESPITE THIS
MODERATION...IT WILL STILL BE COLD ENOUGH ALOFT TO GENERATE MORE
LAKE SNOWS FOR THE SNOWBELTS. SOME DETAILS...
A SHORTWAVE WITHIN THE LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL DROP ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SHOULD PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
ACROSS ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH MORE FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS
FOUND IN AREAS OF LAKE ENHANCEMENT EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF BOTH LAKE
SHORES. HAVE RAISED CHC POPS TOP LIKELY IN THESE AREAS AS A RESULT.
THIS SHORTWAVE WILL ALSO REINFORCE THE SEASONABLY COLD AIR THAT WILL
BE IN PLACE OVER THE REGION.
THE FLOW WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY ON THURSDAY AS A ZONAL FLOW WILL
BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL LIFT THE LAKE
SNOWS A BIT TO THE NORTH...WHILE DIMINISHING THE LIKELIHOOD OF
ACCUMULATING SNOWS EAST OF LK ERIE.
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL CROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY. GUIDANCE IS NOT
AS MUCH IN AGREEMENT OVER THE STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THIS FEATURE AS
ONE WOULD LIKE...SO WILL KEEP CHC POPS IN PLACE FOR NOW WITH A
CHANCE OF A GENERAL SNOWFALL IN ALL ZONES.
A RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE
WEEKEND...AND THIS WILL GENERALLY TRANSLATE INTO FAIR SEASONABLE
CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK.
&&
.AVIATION /16Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ADIRONDACKS AS OF 12Z WILL REORGANIZE AND
DEEPEN OFF THE COAST OF MAINE DURING THE COURSE OF TODAY. THE
STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN SLOWLY TRACK ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA
TONIGHT BEFORE MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES ON TUESDAY.
STRONG WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE EXITING STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY
LAKE SNOWS EAST OF LAKE ERIE TODAY...AND SOUTHEAST OF BOTH LAKES
ERIE AND ONTARIO TONIGHT. THE LAKE EFFECT IN THESE AREAS WILL RESULT
IN IFR/LIFR CIGS AND VSBYS DURING THE PERIOD...PARTICULARLY IN KJHW
AND KFZY.
THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK WILL EXPERIENCE
MVFR AND OCCASIONALLY IFR CONDITIONS DURING THE PERIOD.
SFC WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK WILL
AVERAGE 25 TO 35 KNOTS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS TO 45
KNOTS POSSIBLE OVER THE EIGHT WESTERN COUNTIES.
VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN TO MOST AREAS ON TUESDAY AS THE EXITING
STORM MOVES FURTHER AWAY...BUT MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST
SOUTHEAST OF BOTH LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO.
LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD...WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE CENTRAL OHIO VALLEY TO THE NEW JERSEY COAST
WILL BRING A THREAT OF MORE SNOW SHOWERS WITH SOME LAKE SNOWS
POSSIBLE INTO THURSDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
GALE WARNINGS WILL BE IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT FOR
ALL OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO.
A DEEPENING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE EAST END OF LAKE ONTARIO EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO THE NEW ENGLAND COAST BY THIS
EVENING WHILE RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS
STRENGTHENING STORM...THE TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
COMBINE WITH SIGNIFICANT ISALLOBARIC PRESSURE RISES AND WELL ALIGNED
SFC TO 10K WINDS TO PRODUCE 35 TO 40 KNOT WALES ON BOTH LAKES ERIE
AND ONTARIO INTO AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF TONIGHT.
NEAR STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES TODAY...
ESPECIALLY OVER LAKE ERIE WHERE THERE WILL BE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT.
GIVEN THE STRONG COLD ADVECTION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY...THE
HIGHER WINDS FROM ALOFT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MIX TO THE SFC.
WINDS ACROSS BOTH LAKES WILL START TO SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT...WITH
GALE FORCE WINDS LIKELY ENDING OVER LK ERIE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT
BUT NOT UNTIL ABOUT DAYBREAK ON LK ONTARIO. WHILE THE HIGH WINDS
WILL DROP OFF LATER TONIGHT...WINDS WILL STILL BE GUSTY ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY. THESE WILL BE
ISSUED AS THE GALE WARNINGS EITHER EXPIRE OR ARE CANCELED.
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL CROSS LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO ON WEDNESDAY.
THIS WILL RESULT IN LIGHT WINDS AND MINIMAL WAVES WITH NO FLAGS
ANTICIPATED.
&&
.BUF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NY...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY FOR NYZ019-020-085.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST
TUESDAY NIGHT FOR NYZ003>006.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NYZ021.
MARINE...GALE WARNING UNTIL 3 AM EST TUESDAY FOR LEZ040-041.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LEZ020.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY FOR LOZ042>045-
062>065.
&&
SYNOPSIS...TMA/ZAFF
NEAR TERM...TMA/ZAFF
SHORT TERM...TMA
LONG TERM...RSH
AVIATION...RSH
MARINE...RSHHazardous weather outlook, Dec 3, 10:41 AM EST, 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1041 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 NYZ019-020-085-041545- CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1041 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .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 NYZ001-002-010-011-041545- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- 1041 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ALTHOUGH SNOW AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN 2 TO 4 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDS WILL STILL BE A PROBLEM AT TIMES TUESDAY. .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 NYZ021-041545- ALLEGANY- 1041 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN 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. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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>014-041545- WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- 1041 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ALTHOUGH SNOW AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN 2 TO 4 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDS WILL STILL BE A PROBLEM AT TIMES TUESDAY. .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 NYZ003>006-041545- MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- 1041 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... 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 STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .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 NYZ007-008-041545- JEFFERSON-LEWIS- 1041 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ALTHOUGH SNOW AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN 2 TO 4 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDS WILL STILL BE A PROBLEM AT TIMES TUESDAY. .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 SLZ022-024-041545- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS- 1041 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEW YORK WATERS OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 LEZ040-041-041545- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- 1041 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE. .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. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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>065-041545- 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- 1041 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEW YORK WATERS OF LAKE ONTARIO. .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. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 LEZ020-041545- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- 1041 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE. .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. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 SAGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 12:04 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 4 hr |
| Dec 3, 4:06 PM EST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | BUF | Genesee, Orleans | 10 hr |
Nearby
Lake Effect Snow Warnings in New York, 2007Every lake effect snow warning in 2007
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.