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Lake Effect Snow Watch 7, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 24, 2008Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow watch at Nov 24, 2008, 4:09 PM EST for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It took effect at Nov 25, 2008, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2008, 4:09 PM EST (21:09 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 25, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 25, 2008, 4:28 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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 24, 3:54 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 3:54 PM EST, 15 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.