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Lake Effect Snow Watch 4, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 8, 20084 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow watch at Nov 8, 2008, 10:01 PM EST for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Nov 9, 2008, 4:29 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 8, 2008, 10:01 PM EST (03:01 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 9, 2008, 4:29 AM EST
Expired: Nov 9, 2008, 4:11 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 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 watch 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 watch went out at Nov 8, 9:33 PM EST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 9:33 PM EST, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 8, 5:34 AM EST, 16 hours 27 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 9, 4:11 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and 1 more	36 hr
Nov 9, 6:36 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Wyoming	4 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Watches in New York, 2008 Every lake effect snow watch 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.