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Winter Weather Advisory 16, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 20, 200815 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 20, 2008, 4:22 PM EST for 15 counties in New York. It took effect at Dec 21, 2008, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 2008, 4:22 PM EST (21:22 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2008, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 22, 2008, 2:48 PM EST
In force: 35 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, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Dec 20, 3:26 PM EST, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 3:26 PM EST, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 5:02 AM EST, 11 hours 20 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
Dec 19, 9:12 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		13 hr
Dec 20, 4:02 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more	13 hr
Dec 20, 4:36 AM EST	Gale Watch	BUF		11 hr
Dec 20, 4:03 PM EST	Gale Warning	BUF		50 hr
Dec 20, 4:22 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 8 more	65 hr
Dec 20, 4:22 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	24 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in New York, 2008 Every winter weather advisory 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.