Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter storm warning at Mar 4, 2008, 4:58 AM EST for 16 counties in New York. It was in force for 29 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
- Mar 4, 2008, 4:58 AM EST (09:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2008, 10:26 AM EST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 2293 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 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 040958 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 458 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 NYZ019>021-041800- /O.UPG.KBUF.WS.A.0004.080304T1000Z-080305T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0006.080304T1000Z-080305T1700Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 458 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THERE WILL BE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING. THERE MAY BE AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WITH A MINOR GLAZE OF ICE. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THIS MORNING. THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A VARIETY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION BACK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY. SIGNIFICANT...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH OR MORE OF ICE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND WET SNOW AT TIMES. A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD OF SLEET AND WET SNOW COULD BE BENEFICIAL IN DECREASING THE AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND CARRY A CELLULAR PHONE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE, OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ001>008-010-011-041800- /O.UPG.KBUF.WS.A.0004.080304T1000Z-080305T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0006.080304T1700Z-080305T1700Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA 458 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MOISTURE LADEN STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A VARIETY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION BACK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY. SIGNIFICANT...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND WET SNOW AT TIMES. A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD OF SLEET AND WET SNOW COULD BE BENEFICIAL IN DECREASING THE AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BUT COULD BE MORE IF THE STORM TAKES A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TRACK. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND CARRY A CELLULAR PHONE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE, OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ012>014-085-041800- /O.UPG.KBUF.WS.A.0004.080304T1000Z-080305T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0006.080304T1700Z-080305T1700Z/ WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 458 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MOISTURE LADEN STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A VARIETY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION BACK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY. SIGNIFICANT...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR MORE OF ICE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND WET SNOW AT TIMES. A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD OF SLEET AND WET SNOW COULD BE BENEFICIAL IN DECREASING THE AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BUT COULD BE MORE IF THE STORM TAKES A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TRACK. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND CARRY A CELLULAR PHONE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE, OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ TMA
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBUF 041513 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1013 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 NYZ001>008-010-011-042315- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.080304T1700Z-080305T1700Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA 1013 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON EST WEDNESDAY. A MOISTURE LADEN STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A VARIETY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION BACK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY. SIGNIFICANT...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AFTER A LULL MUCH OF THE DAY...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD BACK INTO THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IT WILL START INITIALLY AS SNOW...THEN QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SLEET BY EARLY AND MID EVENING. THE SLEET WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BUT COULD BE MORE IF THE STORM TAKES A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TRACK. IF FREEZING RAIN BECOMES THE PREDOMINANT TYPE...THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND CARRY A CELLULAR PHONE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 8 PM AND 4 AM. IT SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ019>021-042315- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 1013 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON EST WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WITH A MINOR GLAZE OF ICE. UNTREATED ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT. THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A VARIETY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION BACK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVY THIS EVENING AND MAY TURN TO JUST FREEZING RAIN. IF THIS OCCURS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND CARRY A CELLULAR PHONE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE BETWEEN 6 PM AND 2 AM. IT SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ012>014-085-042315- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.080304T1700Z-080305T1700Z/ WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1013 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON EST WEDNESDAY. A MOISTURE LADEN STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A VARIETY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION BACK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY. SIGNIFICANT...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR MORE OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AFTER A LULL MUCH OF THE DAY...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD BACK INTO THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IT WILL START INITIALLY AS SNOW...THEN QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SLEET BY EARLY AND MID EVENING. THE SLEET WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BUT COULD BE MORE IF THE STORM TAKES A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TRACK. IF FREEZING RAIN BECOMES THE PREDOMINANT TYPE...THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND CARRY A CELLULAR PHONE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 7 PM AND 3 AM. IT SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ SFM
000 WWUS41 KBUF 042039 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 339 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 NYZ001>008-010-011-050445- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA 339 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON EST WEDNESDAY. A MOISTURE LADEN STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT AND ON TO EASTERN NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A VARIETY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION BACK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING AND IT WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OF WEDNESDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AFTER A LULL MUCH OF THE DAY...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD BACK INTO THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING. IT WILL START INITIALLY AS SNOW...THEN QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SLEET BY MID EVENING. THE SLEET WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS EVENING AND MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST RISK OF FREEZING RAIN NOW APPEARS TO BE FROM THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER TO THE FINGER LAKES REGION BUT THIS IS NOT CERTAIN AND THERE REMAINS A RISK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. WHERE FREEZING RAIN BECOMES THE PREDOMINANT TYPE...OVER ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND CARRY A CELLULAR PHONE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 8 PM AND 4 AM. IT SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ019>021-050445- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 339 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON EST WEDNESDAY. A MOISTURE LADEN STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT AND ON TO EASTERN NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A VARIETY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION BACK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING AND IT WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OF WEDNESDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVY THIS EVENING AND MAY TURN TO JUST FREEZING RAIN. IF THIS OCCURS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND CARRY A CELLULAR PHONE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE BETWEEN 6 PM AND 2 AM. IT SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ012>014-085-050445- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 339 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A MOISTURE LADEN STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT AND ON TO EASTERN NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A VARIETY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION BACK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING AND IT WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OF WEDNESDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AFTER A LULL MUCH OF THE DAY...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD BACK INTO THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING. IT WILL START INITIALLY AS SNOW...THEN QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SLEET BY MID EVENING. THE SLEET WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS EVENING AND MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST RISK OF FREEZING RAIN NOW APPEARS TO BE FROM THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER TO THE FINGER LAKES REGION BUT THIS IS NOT CERTAIN AND THERE REMAINS A RISK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. WHERE FREEZING RAIN BECOMES THE PREDOMINANT TYPE...OVER ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND CARRY A CELLULAR PHONE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 7 PM AND 4 AM. IT SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$
000 WWUS41 KBUF 050006 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 706 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 NYZ001>008-010-011-050815- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA 706 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A MOISTURE LADEN STORM SYSTEM OVER WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT AND ON TO EASTERN NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK...WITH THE ICY PRECIPITATION BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT INTO THE EARLY DAYLIGHT HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT...AND LIKELY DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL INCLUDE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO AREA TREES. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD MIX WITH A LITTLE SNOW EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO...OTHERWISE OVER ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 8 PM AND 4 AM. IT SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ019>021-050815- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 706 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A MOISTURE LADEN STORM SYSTEM OVER WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT AND ON TO EASTERN NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK...WITH THE ICY PRECIPITATION BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT INTO THE EARLY DAYLIGHT HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGH TONIGHT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...WITH FORECAST ICE AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. IF THIS OCCURS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND CARRY A CELLULAR PHONE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROUGH 2 AM. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ012>014-085-050815- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 706 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A MOISTURE LADEN STORM SYSTEM OVER WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT AND ON TO EASTERN NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK...WITH THE ICY PRECIPITATION BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT INTO THE EARLY DAYLIGHT HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGH TONIGHT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...WITH FORECAST ICE AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. IF THIS OCCURS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND CARRY A CELLULAR PHONE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROUGH 4 AM. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ RSH
000 WWUS41 KBUF 050342 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1042 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 A STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT BEFORE MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL SPREAD MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK IN THE PROCESS...WITH THE ICY MIX BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. MANY AREAS WILL PICK UP ABOUT A HALF INCH OF ICE BY DAYBREAK...RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES. AS THE STORM SYSTEM PULLS AWAY ACROSS NEW ENGLAND ON WEDNESDAY... THE ICY MIX WILL END AS A BIT OF SNOW. NYZ001>008-010-011-051145- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA 1042 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...WITH THE ICY MIX OCCASIONALLY FALLING AS A BIT OF SNOW EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. THE FREEZING RAIN COULD ACCUMULATE UP TO A HALF INCH BY DAYBREAK... AND THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME FALLEN TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. THE STEADIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL THROUGH 4 AM...EXCEPT EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO WHERE THE STEADY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL THROUGH DAYBREAK. LEFTOVER PRECIPITATION OVER THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND DAYBREAK. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ019>021-051145- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 1042 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...WITH TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY DAYBREAK AVERAGING ONE HALF INCH. HIGHER AMOUNTS COULD BE FOUND CLOSER TO WYOMING..LIVINGSTON AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES...WITH LESS FOUND NEAR THE PENNSYLVANIA BORDER WHERE THE FREEZING RAIN COULD POSSIBLY CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF JUST RAIN. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME FALLEN TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. THE STEADIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL THROUGH 3 AM...THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF. LEFTOVER PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO A LITTLE SNOW BY DAYBREAK. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ012>014-085-051145- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1042 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...WITH TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY DAYBREAK AVERAGING AROUND ONE HALF INCH. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME FALLEN TREE BRANCHES AND SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. THE STEADIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL THROUGH 4 AM...THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF. LEFTOVER PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO A LITTLE SNOW BY DAYBREAK. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ RSH
000 WWUS41 KBUF 050948 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 448 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 NYZ001>008-010-011-051700- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA 448 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. FREEZING RAIN...MIXING AT TIMES WITH SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING. THE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL EAST OF ROCHESTER...WHERE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE LIKELY. ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ACROSS THE GENESEE VALLEY...NIAGARA FRONTIER AND WESTERN SOUTHER TIER...INCLUDING THE BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER AREAS. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE ICE COVERED TREE LIMBS TO FALL...AND PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE ICY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM...WITH EASTERN SECTIONS EXPERIENCING THE CHANGE OVER BY NOON OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR SO ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ019>021-051700- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 448 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM IS WINDING DOWN. LINGERING LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 AM. SOME MINOR ADDITIONAL GLAZING IS POSSIBLE. THIS LEFTOVER PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO A SNOW BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR SO ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ012>014-085-051700- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 448 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. FREEZING RAIN...MIXING AT TIMES WITH SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING. ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE ICE COVERED TREE LIMBS TO FALL...AND PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE ICY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR SO ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ TMA
000 WWUS41 KBUF 051206 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 706 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 NYZ019>021-051315- /O.CAN.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 706 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE FREEZING RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF AND WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR LESS. REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATE THAT ICE ACCUMULATION OF A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OCCURRED IN MANY LOCATIONS...WITH AS MUCH AS THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH OF ICE ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH AT TIMES INTO THIS AFTERNOON COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WHERE THE THICKER ACCUMULATION OF ICE OF OVER ONE HALF OF AN INCH OCCURRED. $$ NYZ001>008-010-011-051700- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA 706 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. FREEZING RAIN...MIXING AT TIMES WITH SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING EAST OF ROCHESTER. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY NOON. SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE GENESEE VALLEY...NIAGARA FRONTIER AND WESTERN SOUTHER TIER...INCLUDING THE BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER AREAS. SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR LESS. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL FROM THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WHICH FELL OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ012>014-085-051700- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 706 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. PATCHY FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE UNTIL 9 AM. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS EXPECTED. OTHERWISE...SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR LESS. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL FROM THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WHICH FELL OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ TMA
000 WWUS41 KBUF 051526 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1026 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...ICING THREAT HAS ENDED... .THE LARGE STORM SYSTEM WHICH PRODUCED THE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK LAST NIGHT AND EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION AND THE BULK OF ITS PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON BUT LITTLE FURTHER ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. MOST AREAS RECEIVED A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENT WITH SOME SNOW AT ITS END. ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGED AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET AND SNOW...AND GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF INCH OF ICE. NYZ001>008-010>014-085-051630- /O.CAN.KBUF.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080305T1700Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 1026 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE LARGE STORM SYSTEM WHICH PRODUCED THE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK LAST NIGHT AND EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION AND THE BULK OF ITS PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON BUT LITTLE FURTHER ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. MOST AREAS RECEIVED A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENT WITH SOME SNOW AT ITS END. ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGED AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET AND SNOW...AND GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF INCH OF ICE. $$ SFM
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Winter Storm Warnings in New York, 2008Every winter storm 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.