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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 24, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 12, 20085 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Dec 12, 2008, 11:32 AM EST for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 12, 2008, 11:32 AM EST (16:32 UTC)
Expired
Dec 13, 2008, 3:56 AM EST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 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 Dec 12, 10:55 AM EST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 10:55 AM EST, 37 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 12, 7:41 AM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
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Sources

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