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Winter Weather Advisory 4, NWS Buffalo, NY

February 5, 200816 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 5, 2008, 3:45 PM EST for 16 counties in New York. It took effect at Feb 6, 2008, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2008, 3:45 PM EST (20:45 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 6, 2008, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 7, 2008, 3:30 AM EST
In force
28 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 20:45 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 Feb 4, 6:57 PM EST, 20 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 6:57 PM EST, 20 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 7:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningBUFErie, Wyoming7 hr
Feb 5, 9:22 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningBUFErie10 hr
Feb 5, 12:19 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningBUFErie, Wyoming7 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in New York, 2008Every 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.