Alert archive / New York / Lake Effect Snow Warnings in 2008
Lake Effect Snow Warning 12, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow warning at Nov 18, 2008, 9:21 AM EST for Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 24 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
- Nov 18, 2008, 9:21 AM EST (14:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2008, 9:43 AM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 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 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 181421 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 921 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE SNOWS WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A NORTHERLY FLOW OF COLD AIR OVER LAKE ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW TODAY. NYZ004-005-182230- /O.UPG.KBUF.LE.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081119T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.LE.W.0012.081118T1421Z-081119T0000Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN 921 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS COLD NORTHERLY WINDS SWEEP ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES...MAINLY FROM SODUS BAY TO FAIR HAVEN...LESSER AMOUNTS ELSWHERE. THIS WILL BRING SNOW TOTALS IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKES SNOW TO 10 TO 15 INCHES. SNOW WILL QUICKLY COAT ROADWAYS...MAKING FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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 OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ006-182230- /O.EXA.KBUF.LE.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081119T0000Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 921 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS COLD NORTHERLY WINDS SWEEP ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM OSWEGO TO FULTON. SNOW WILL QUICKLY COAT ROADWAYS...MAKING FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ003-013-014-182230- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081119T0000Z/ MONROE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 921 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS COLD NORTHERLY WINDS SWEEP ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH SOME OF THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACCUMULATING SOUTH OF THE THRUWAY. SNOW WILL QUICKLY COAT ROADWAYS...MAKING FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS ACROSS THE GENESEE VALLEY AND WESTERN FINGER LAKES REGION WILL NEED TO TAKE IT SLOW AND EXPECT DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW OF THE SEASON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ SAGE
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBUF 182050 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 350 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE SNOWS WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A NORTHERLY FLOW OF UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS LAKE ONTARIO TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOWS ONGOING. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT DISORGANIZED TODAY DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING BREAKING THE SNOWBANDS APART INTO SNOW SHOWERS. AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AND HEAVIER ONCE AGAIN... FOCUSING ON THE AREA BETWEEN ROCHESTER AND OSWEGO. WEDNESDAY MORNING LAKE SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED BETWEEN ABOUT SODUS BAY AND OSWEGO...SHIFTING EAST INTO OSWEGO COUNTY AND WEAKENING BY MIDDAY. NYZ013-182200- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081119T0000Z/ LIVINGSTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GENESEO 350 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS WEAKENED INTO DISORGANIZED SNOW SHOWERS TODAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE. $$ NYZ004-005-190500- /O.EXT.KBUF.LE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081119T1700Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN 350 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS BECOME DISORGANIZED THIS AFTERNOON AND BROKEN APART INTO SNOW SHOWERS. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AGAIN TONIGHT. THE LAKE SNOWS MAY BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AGAIN LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LAKESHORE FROM SODUS BAY TO FAIR HAVEN AND CATO. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS INTO THE 12 TO 18 INCH RANGE IN A FEW PLACES IN NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND FAR NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTIES...WITH MUCH LESSER AMOUNTS FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST. 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 OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ003-014-190500- /O.EXT.KBUF.LE.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081119T1200Z/ MONROE-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...CANANDAIGUA 350 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS BECOME DISORGANIZED THIS AFTERNOON AND BROKEN APART INTO SNOW SHOWERS. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AGAIN TONIGHT. THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS FROM THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF ROCHESTER SOUTH THROUGH NORTHERN AND EASTERN ONTARIO COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS SUCH AS WEBSTER...FAIRPORT...CANANDAIGUA AND PHELPS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...MAINLY EAST OF ROCHESTER. FROM THE CITY OF ROCHESTER WEST...ONLY AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ006-190500- /O.EXT.KBUF.LE.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081119T1700Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 350 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS BECOME DISORGANIZED THIS AFTERNOON AND BROKEN APART INTO SNOW SHOWERS. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AGAIN TONIGHT. THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY...MAINLY WEST OF ROUTE 481. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW AROUND THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE FROM OSWEGO TO HANNIBAL. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS OVER THE WESTERN END OF THE COUNTY. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 81. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ HITCHCOCK
000 WWUS41 KBUF 190248 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 948 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE SNOWS WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A NORTHERLY FLOW OF UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS LAKE ONTARIO TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOWS ONGOING. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL FOCUS ON THE ARE BETWEEN ROCHESTER AND OSWEGO AND SOUTH INTO THE FINGER LAKES OVERNIGHT. WEDNESDAY MORNING LAKE SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED BETWEEN ABOUT SODUS BAY AND OSWEGO...SHIFTING EAST INTO OSWEGO COUNTY AND WEAKENING BY MIDDAY. NYZ004-005-191100- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081119T1700Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN 948 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LAKESHORE FROM SODUS BAY TO FAIR HAVEN AND CATO. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS INTO THE 12 TO 18 INCH RANGE IN A FEW PLACES IN NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND FAR NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTIES...WITH MUCH LESSER AMOUNTS FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST. IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ003-014-191100- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081119T1200Z/ MONROE-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...CANANDAIGUA 948 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE WEAKENING WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS FROM THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF ROCHESTER SOUTH THROUGH NORTHERN AND EASTERN ONTARIO COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS SUCH AS WEBSTER...FAIRPORT...CANANDAIGUA AND PHELPS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...MAINLY EAST OF ROCHESTER. FROM THE CITY OF ROCHESTER WEST...ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ006-191100- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081119T1700Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 948 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. PERSISTENT LAKES SNOWS OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...MAINLY WEST OF I-81. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW AROUND THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE FROM OSWEGO TO HANNIBAL. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS OVER THE WESTERN END OF THE COUNTY. LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 81. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ SFM
000 WWUS41 KBUF 190919 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 419 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...LAKE SNOWS WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO THROUGH THIS MORNING... .A NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW OF UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS LAKE ONTARIO THIS MORNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS BETWEEN ROCHESTER AND WESTERN OSWEGO COUNTY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST INTO NORTHERN CAYUGA AND OSWEGO COUNTIES AND WEAKEN BY MIDDAY. NYZ004-005-191700- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081119T1700Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN 419 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING... BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS INTO THE 12 TO 18 INCH RANGE IN A FEW PLACES IN NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND FAR NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTIES...WITH MUCH LESSER AMOUNTS FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. 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 OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ003-014-191200- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081119T1200Z/ MONROE-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...CANANDAIGUA 419 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FROM MONROE COUNTY SOUTHEASTWARD INTO ONTARIO COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING...BEFORE WEAKENING AROUND SUNRISE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...MAINLY FROM ROCHESTER EASTWARD. SUCH ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE ANY UNTREATED ROADS TO BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ006-191700- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081119T1700Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 419 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. PERSISTENT LAKES SNOWS OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...MAINLY WEST OF I-81...WITH A PERIOD OF LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MIDDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS OVER THE WESTERN END OF THE COUNTY. LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 81. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ JJR
000 WWUS41 KBUF 191159 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 659 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...LAKE SNOWS WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO THROUGH THIS MORNING... .A NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW OF UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS LAKE ONTARIO THIS MORNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS BETWEEN ROCHESTER AND WESTERN OSWEGO COUNTY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST INTO NORTHERN CAYUGA AND OSWEGO COUNTIES AND WEAKEN BY MIDDAY. NYZ003-014-191300- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081119T1200Z/ MONROE-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...CANANDAIGUA 659 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. SINCE 4 AM...LAKE EFFECT SNOWS HAVE BECOME CONSIDERABLY MORE DISORGANIZED AND HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO SHIFT EASTWARD. WITH ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED BEFORE THE ACTIVITY FINALLY SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NYZ004-005-191700- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081119T1700Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN 659 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING... BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS INTO THE 12 TO 18 INCH RANGE IN A FEW PLACES IN NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND FAR NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTIES...WITH MUCH LESSER AMOUNTS FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. 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 OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ006-191700- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081119T1700Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 659 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. PERSISTENT LAKES SNOWS OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...MAINLY WEST OF I-81...WITH A PERIOD OF LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MIDDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS OVER THE WESTERN END OF THE COUNTY. LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 81. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$
000 WWUS41 KBUF 191443 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 943 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...LAKE SNOWS WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO THROUGH NOON... .A NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW OF UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS LAKE ONTARIO THIS MORNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS BETWEEN ROCHESTER AND FAIR HAVEN HAVE WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AND THIS WILL HAPPEN OVER WESTERN OSWEGO COUNTY BY MIDDAY. NYZ004-005-191545- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081119T1700Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN 943 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. ANY LEFT OVER LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BE VERY MINOR IN NATURE. $$ NYZ006-191700- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081119T1700Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 943 AM EST WED NOV 19 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. PERSISTENT LAKES SNOWS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY...MAINLY WEST OF I-81. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHS WILL ACCUMULATE LOCALLY IN THIS AREA BETWEEN 930 AM AND NOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ SAGE
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 Nov 18, 6:53 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 6:53 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
653 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
COLD AIR CROSSING LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
SOME SNOW SHOWERS TODAY...WITH THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS FOUND
OVER THE FINGER LAKES REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK RIDGE WILL THEN
BUILD ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...
BEFORE A CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A GENERAL ONE TO TWO INCH
SNOWFALL ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW WILL BE MAINLY FROM THE NORTH EARLY IN THIS
PERIOD WITH A SHIFT TO NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
COLD AIR WILL BE THE DOMINATING FORCE WITH 850MB TEMPS RANGING FROM
-12C TO -14C...PRODUCING LAKE EFFECT SNOWS DRIFTING SOUTH FROM LAKE
ONTARIO. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL BE CONCENTRATED FROM THE LAKESHORE
INLAND TO THE GENESEE VALLEY AND THE FINGER LAKES...ALTHOUGH A
CONNECTION FROM EASTERN LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY MAY ALSO PRODUCE
SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE NIAGARA FRONTIER WILL LESSER ACCUMULATIONS.
LAKE ERIE WILL BE LESS OF AN INFLUENCE FOR THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER
BUT THE RISE IN TERRAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME SNOW SHOWERS THERE
AS WELL. SNOW ACCUMS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITHIN THE LAKE
SNOW ADVISORY AREA AND GENERALLY AN INCH OR TWO ELSEWHERE. THE COLD
ADVECTION WILL HOLD MAX DAYTIME TEMPS DOWN TO THE MID 20S TO LOW
30S...THE COLDER SPOTS IN THE SOUTHERN TIER AND TUG HILL REGION.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 20S ALONG THE LAKE PLAINS TO
THE MID TEENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER AND TUG HILL REGIONS. THE
UPPER TROUGH WILL SLIP TO THE EAST TONIGHT AND RIDGING BOTH SURFACE
AND ALOFT WILL START TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...DISRUPTING THE LAKE SNOWS SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
A QUICK MOVING SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING
THE DAY WEDNESDAY...WITH WARM ADVECTION HELPING TO GENERATE A WEALTH
OF CLOUD COVER. WHILE THE BULK OF THE DAY SHOULD BE PRECIPITATION
FREE...THERE WILL BE A COUPLE AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THAT WILL NEED TO
BE ADDRESSED.
FIRST...THERE WILL BE SOME LINGERING LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS
THE FINGER LAKES REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD
TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY AS INCREASED SHEAR WITHIN THE NW
FLOW WILL COUPLE WITH A SHRINKING DENDRITIC SNOW GROWTH ZONE. SNOW
ACCUMS WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR LESS WITHIN
THIS AREA.
THE OTHER AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE SYNOPTIC IN NATURE. THE
COMBINATION OF ISENTROPIC LIFT FROM THE WARM ADVECTION...AND THE
INTRODUCTION OF SOME JET INDUCED LIFT FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
COULD PRODUCE SOME LIGHT SNOW/FLURRIES OVER THE EIGHT WESTERN
COUNTIES BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE ONSET OF THIS AREA OF LIGHT SNOW HAS
BEEN SPED UP FROM CONTINUITY BY ABOUT 3-6 HOURS.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL THEN BE DOMINATED BY A CLIPPER
TYPE SYSTEM THAT WILL DROP FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TO THE NEW
JERSEY COAST. A SUPPORTING 130 KNOT H3 JET WITH THE FEATURE WILL
CROSS FROM LOWER MICHIGAN TO PENNSYLVANIA...AND THIS WILL PLACE MUCH
OF NEW YORK UNDER THE FAVORED LF QUAD (JET EXIT REGION) OF THE JET
WHERE THE OVERALL LIFT WILL BE ENHANCED FROM ALOFT. POPS HAVE BEEN
RAISED FROM LIKELY TO CATEGORIAL FOR THE BULK OF THE FORECAST AREA
AS A RESULT...WITH CHC TO LIKELY POPS FOUND ACROSS THE NORTH
COUNTRY. THE RAISING OF THE POPS IS SUPPORTED BY THE GFS...ECMWF AND
ALSO BY NEARLY 100 PERCENT OF THE SREF ENSEMBLE MEMBERS.
THE PASSING OF THE CLIPPER WILL BRING A GENERAL 1 TO 3 INCH SNOWFALL
TO ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK...WITH AMOUNTS LEANING TOWARDS THE LOWER
END OF THAT RANGE FOR MOST OF JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES.
AS THE CLIPPER WEAKENS AND MOVES OFFSHORE THURSDAY NIGHT...COLDER
AIR IN ITS WAKE WILL ONCE AGAIN TEAM UP WITH A CYCLONIC FLOW OVER
THE WIDE OPEN LAKES TO PRODUCE MORE LAKE EFFECT SNOW. WHILE SNOW
SHOWERS WILL INITIALLY BE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE REGION EARLY
THURSDAY NIGHT...THE LAKES SNOWS WILL BECOME CONCENTRATED OVER THE
WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER (MINUS ALLEGANY COUNTY) AND FROM MONROE AND
ORLEANS COUNTIES EAST TO SYRACUSE.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW NORMAL DURING THIS
PERIOD...ALTHOUGH READINGS WILL TREND BACK TOWARDS NORMAL SUNDAY AND
MONDAY. THIS MAY PROVE TO BE MISLEADING THOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT
WE CAN EXPECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. BEFORE DELVING INTO
THAT...LETS LOOK AT THE DETAILS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
A DEEP LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN CANADA ON FRIDAY
WITH H85 TEMPS OF -15C BEING FOUND ACROSS MOST OF OUR FORECAST AREA.
THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN THE COLDEST DAY OF THE SEASON AS SFC
TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT UP TO THE FREEZING MARK. TEMPS
ACROSS THE WRN SOUTHERN TIER WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE MID/UPPER 20S.
NEEDLESS TO SAY...THE COLD AIR AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WITH THE MAIN
AREAS OF CONCERN BEING OVER CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY AND ALSO FROM WAYNE TO
OSWEGO COUNTY.
SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT...
WITH AGAIN THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY BEING FOUND SOUTHEAST OF
BOTH LAKES.
A RIDGE WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. AT THIS POINT...THE BULK OF THAT TIME LOOKS TO BE DRY BUT
ONE SHOULD NEVER TRUST WARM ADVECTION. IN THE WAKE OF THE RIDGE ON
SUNDAY...WARM ADVECTION PROCESSES COULD GENERATE SOME SPRINKLES OR
FLURRIES.
MOISTURE SPREADING NORTHWARD FROM THE OHIO VALLEY AHEAD OF A FRONTAL
SYSTEM COULD THEN PRODUCE SOME LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW FOR LATER SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD AT THE BULK OF NEXT WEEK...THERE IS A HUGE
DISPARITY BETWEEN THE OPERATIONAL RUNS OF THE GFS AND ECMWF WHICH
WILL LIKELY HAVE HUGE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE OVERALL TREND OF NEXT
WEEKS WEATHER. THE 00Z RUN OF THE OPERATIONAL GFS IS SUGGESTING A
PACIFIC FLOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH RIDGING CROSSING THE OHIO
VALLEY AND OUR REGION...WHICH WOULD SEND TEMPS ABOVE NORMAL. ON THE
OTHER HAND...THE ECMWF DEVELOPS A DEEP LOW OVER THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH ANOTHER LONGWAVE TROUGH SETTING
UP OVER EASTERN CANADA AND THE GREAT LAKES REGION.
THE LATTER PATTERN IS SUPPORTED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE GEFS MEMBERS
AS A LONGWAVE TROUGH IS DEPICTED OVER EASTERN CANADA. RATHER THAN
BEING TRUE COLD AIR THOUGH...THE SOLUTION FROM THE GEFS ALSO
SUGGESTS THAT THE AIR WITHIN THE TROUGH WILL BE MAINLY PACIFIC IN
NATURE. STAY TUNED.
&&
.AVIATION /12Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO AND THE NORTHEAST
CORNER OF LAKE ERIE WILL PRODUCE MAINLY MVFR AREAS OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF IFR CEILINGS OR VISIBILITIES REDUCED
BY HEAVIER SNOW. THE HEAVIER LAKE SNOWS WILL BE CONCENTRATED OVER
THE GENESEE VALLEY TO THE FINGER LAKES REGION AS WELL AS ACROSS THE
EXTREME WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE
ONTARIO...INCLUDING ROCHESTER. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING INTO THE REGION
ON WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE THE LAKE EFFECT TO DIMINISH.
OUTLOOK...
WEDNESDAY...GENERALLY VFR EXCEPT MVFR IN LIMITED SNOW TO
THE LEE OF THE LAKES.
THURSDAY...MVFR SCT SNOW SHOWERS.
FRIDAY...MVFR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKES.
SATURDAY...VFR.
&&
.MARINE...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE
TO HELP TO PRODUCE NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS ACROSS
BOTH LAKES TODAY. THESE WINDS...IN COMBINATION WITH THE COLD AIR IN
PLACE...WILL HELP TO BUILD WAVES AS HIGH AS 5 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH
SHORE OF LK ONTARIO BETWEEN THIRTY MILE POINT AND MEXICO BAY. WILL
THUS RAISE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THAT AREA TODAY THROUGH 21Z.
THE REMAINING NEARSHORE AREAS WILL GENERALLY HAVE WAVES OF 2 TO 4
FEET...WHICH WILL SUBSIDE DURING THE COURSE OF TONIGHT AS THE SFC
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX SOMEWHAT. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE
CASE OVER LAKE ERIE.
FOR WEDNESDAY...A RIDGE WILL CROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND THIS
WILL RESULT IN LIGHT WINDS AND MINIMAL WAVES. INCREASING
SOUTHWESTERLIES LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BUILD THE WAVES BACK TO
NEAR SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA ON LAKE ERIE.
&&
.BUF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NY...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
NYZ003>005-013-014.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOZ043-
044.
&&
SYNOPSIS...RSH
NEAR TERM...WCH
SHORT TERM...RSH
LONG TERM...RSH
AVIATION...WCH
MARINE...RSHHazardous weather outlook, Nov 18, 4:19 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 419 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 NYZ001-010-190930- NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE- 419 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 NYZ002-011-190930- ORLEANS-GENESEE- 419 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WILL PRODUCE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE FOR AREAS EAST OF ALBION AND BATAVIA (STATE ROUTE 98). UNTREATED SECONDARY ROADS ARE LIKELY TO BE SNOW COVERED AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 NYZ012-085-190930- WYOMING-SOUTHERN ERIE- 419 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WILL PRODUCE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WHERE ROADWAYS WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 NYZ019-020-190930- CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS- 419 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 NYZ021-190930- ALLEGANY- 419 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WILL PRODUCE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO. ROADWAYS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN MAY BE SNOW COVERED AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 NYZ003>005-013-014-190930- MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- 419 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... 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. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 NYZ006>008-190930- OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- 419 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 LEZ020-040-041-LOZ042-045-062>065-SLZ022-024-190930- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- 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- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS- 419 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 LOZ043-044-190930- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- 419 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ONTARIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM UNTIL 4 PM TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 RSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 4:12 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 12 hr |
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Lake Effect Snow Warnings in New York, 2008Every lake effect snow warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.