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Lake Effect Snow Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 24, 2008Niagara County, Orleans County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow warning at Jan 24, 2008, 11:40 AM EST for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 4 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: Jan 24, 2008, 11:40 AM EST (16:40 UTC)
Expired: Jan 24, 2008, 3:33 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 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 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 Jan 23, 2:49 PM EST, 20 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 2:49 PM EST, 20 hours 51 minutes before

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Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in New York, 2008 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.