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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 40, NWS Buffalo, NY

February 19, 2009Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Feb 19, 2009, 3:14 PM EST for Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York. It took effect at Feb 20, 2009, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2009, 3:14 PM EST (20:14 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 20, 2009, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 20, 2009, 11:26 AM EST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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 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 lake effect snow advisory went out at Feb 19, 12:52 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 12:52 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 4:49 AM EST, 10 hours 25 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
Feb 18, 7:33 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	3 hr
Feb 19, 3:34 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, Wayne	48 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in New York, 2009 Every lake effect snow advisory in 2009

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.