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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 18, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 25, 2008Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Nov 25, 2008, 3:45 PM EST for Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It took effect at Nov 25, 2008, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 25, 2008, 3:45 PM EST (20:45 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 25, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Nov 26, 2008, 7:03 AM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake effect snow advisory 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 advisory went out at Nov 25, 3:03 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 3:03 PM EST, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 25, 3:26 PM EST, 19 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 24, 9:54 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		6 hr
Nov 24, 10:36 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	14 hr
Nov 25, 3:56 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		4 days
Nov 25, 4:28 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and 1 more	62 hr
Nov 25, 3:45 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Watch	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	15 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in New York, 2008 Every lake effect snow advisory in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.