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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 41, NWS Buffalo, NY

February 20, 20094 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Feb 20, 2009, 7:18 PM EST for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 20, 2009, 7:18 PM EST (00:18 UTC)
Expired: Feb 21, 2009, 12:00 AM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Genesee County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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 20, 6:47 PM EST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 6:47 PM EST, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 3:54 PM EST, 3 hours 24 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 21, 3:49 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		8 hr
Feb 21, 3:04 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Watch	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	13 hr
Feb 21, 3:52 PM EST	Gale Watch	BUF		12 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.