Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Watches in 2009
Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter storm watch at Jan 26, 2009, 3:42 PM EST for 16 counties in New York. It took effect at Jan 27, 2009, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2009, 3:42 PM EST (20:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2009, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2009, 11:48 AM EST
- In force
- 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 20:44 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 12:00Z, 8.7 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
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 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 262042 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 342 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL THREATEN THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM FROM TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND REACH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PUT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK ON THE FAVORED COLD SIDE OF THE STORM WITH A POTENTIAL FOR WARNING AMOUNTS OF A GENERAL SNOWFALL. IT IS STILL TOO BE CERTAIN OF WARNINGS AMOUNTS BUT THE PROBABILITIES ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A WINTER STORM WATCH. NYZ006-270445- /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0300Z-090129T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KBUF.LE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090127T1700Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 342 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST TUESDAY. BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW OVER JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES WILL SETTLE SOUTH ACROSS OSWEGO COUNTY LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING AS THE SNOW BANDS CONTINUE TO SHIFT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND WEAKEN. IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON INTERSTATE 81 AND SECONDARY ROADS IN THE REGION. NO REST FOR THE WEARY AS THEY SAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS COULD DUMP A WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A WATCH AT THIS TIME. WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED WHEN WE ARE MORE CERTAIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ007-008-270445- /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0300Z-090129T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090127T1100Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 342 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...THE STEADIER SNOW WILL SHIFT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND SETTLE OVER THE TUG HILL PLATEAU AND OSWEGO COUNTY. ANOTHER 4 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE BULK OF THE SNOW SHIFTS SOUTH OF THE AREA TOWARD TUESDAY MORNING. IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON INTERSTATE 81 AND SECONDARY ROADS IN THE REGION. NO REST FOR THE WEARY AS THEY SAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS COULD DUMP A WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A WATCH AT THIS TIME. WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED WHEN WE ARE MORE CERTAIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-270445- /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0000Z-090129T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS- ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 342 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING A WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO BE CERTAIN OF THESE AMOUNTS. REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A WATCH AT THIS TIME. WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED WHEN WE ARE MORE CERTAIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ TJP/SAGE
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBUF 262215 CCA WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 514 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL THREATEN THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM FROM TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND REACH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PUT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK ON THE FAVORED COLD SIDE OF THE STORM WITH A POTENTIAL FOR WARNING AMOUNTS OF A GENERAL SNOWFALL. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO BE CERTAIN OF WARNINGS AMOUNTS BUT THE PROBABILITIES ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A WINTER STORM WATCH. NYZ006-270630- /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0300Z-090129T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KBUF.LE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090127T1700Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 514 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST TUESDAY. BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW OVER JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES WILL SETTLE SOUTH ACROSS OSWEGO COUNTY LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING AS THE SNOW BANDS CONTINUE TO SHIFT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND WEAKEN. IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON INTERSTATE 81 AND SECONDARY ROADS IN THE REGION. NO REST FOR THE WEARY AS THEY SAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS COULD DUMP A WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A WATCH AT THIS TIME. WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED WHEN WE ARE MORE CERTAIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ007-008-270630- /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0300Z-090129T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090127T1100Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 514 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...THE STEADIER SNOW WILL SHIFT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND SETTLE OVER THE TUG HILL PLATEAU AND OSWEGO COUNTY. ANOTHER 4 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE BULK OF THE SNOW SHIFTS SOUTH OF THE AREA TOWARD TUESDAY MORNING. IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON INTERSTATE 81 AND SECONDARY ROADS IN THE REGION. NO REST FOR THE WEARY AS THEY SAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS COULD DUMP A WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A WATCH AT THIS TIME. WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED WHEN WE ARE MORE CERTAIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-270630- /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0000Z-090129T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS- ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 514 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING A WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO BE CERTAIN OF THESE AMOUNTS. REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A WATCH AT THIS TIME. WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED WHEN WE ARE MORE CERTAIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ TJP/SAGE
000 WWUS41 KBUF 270253 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 953 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL THREATEN THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM FROM TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND REACH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PUT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK ON THE FAVORED COLD SIDE OF THE STORM WITH A POTENTIAL FOR WARNING AMOUNTS OF A GENERAL SNOWFALL. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO BE CERTAIN OF WARNINGS AMOUNTS BUT THE PROBABILITIES ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A WINTER STORM WATCH. NYZ007-008-271100- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090127T1100Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0300Z-090129T0300Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 953 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE STEADIER SNOW WILL SHIFT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND SETTLE OVER THE TUG HILL PLATEAU AND OSWEGO COUNTY. ANOTHER 4 TO 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE BULK OF THE SNOW SHIFTS SOUTH OF THE AREA TOWARD TUESDAY MORNING. IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON INTERSTATE 81 AND SECONDARY ROADS IN THE REGION. NO REST FOR THE WEARY AS THEY SAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS COULD DUMP A WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A WATCH AT THIS TIME. WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED WHEN WE ARE MORE CERTAIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ006-271100- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090127T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0300Z-090129T0300Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 953 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW OVER JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES WILL SETTLE SOUTH ACROSS OSWEGO COUNTY THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING AS THE SNOW BANDS CONTINUE TO SHIFT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND WEAKEN. IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON INTERSTATE 81 AND SECONDARY ROADS IN THE REGION. NO REST FOR THE WEARY AS THEY SAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS COULD DUMP A WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A WATCH AT THIS TIME. WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED WHEN WE ARE MORE CERTAIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-271100- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0000Z-090129T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS- ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 953 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING A WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO BE CERTAIN OF THESE AMOUNTS. REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A WATCH AT THIS TIME. WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED WHEN WE ARE MORE CERTAIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$
000 WWUS41 KBUF 270839 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 339 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL THREATEN THE REGION TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...REACHING SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PUT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK ON THE FAVORED COLD SIDE OF THE STORM WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT PATH THE STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AND THEREFORE THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL WHICH MAY OCCUR. PROBABILITIES REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TO MAINTAIN THE WINTER STORM WATCH. NYZ007-008-271645- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090127T1100Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0300Z-090129T0300Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 339 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS COULD BRING A SIGNIFICANT GENERAL SNOWFALL TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT PATH THE STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE...AND THEREFORE THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL WHICH MAY OCCUR. PROBABILITIES REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL MAY OCCUR TO MAINTAIN THE WINTER STORM WATCH. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ006-271645- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090127T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0300Z-090129T0300Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 339 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS OSWEGO COUNTY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY... ESPECIALLY OVER THE TUG HILL. IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS...THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON INTERSTATE 81 AND SECONDARY ROADS IN THE REGION. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS COULD BRING A SIGNIFICANT GENERAL SNOWFALL TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT PATH THE STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE...AND THEREFORE THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL WHICH MAY OCCUR. PROBABILITIES REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL MAY OCCUR TO MAINTAIN THE WINTER STORM WATCH. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-271645- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0000Z-090129T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS- ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 339 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS COULD BRING A SIGNIFICANT GENERAL SNOWFALL TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT PATH THE STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE...AND THEREFORE THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL WHICH MAY OCCUR. PROBABILITIES REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL MAY OCCUR TO MAINTAIN THE WINTER STORM WATCH. HEAVY SNOWS COULD IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ TMA
000 WWUS41 KBUF 271525 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1025 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL THREATEN THE REGION TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...REACHING SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PUT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK ON THE FAVORED COLD SIDE OF THE STORM WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT PATH THE STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AND THEREFORE THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL WHICH MAY OCCUR. PROBABILITIES REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TO MAINTAIN THE WINTER STORM WATCH. NYZ006-272330- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090127T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0300Z-090129T0300Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 1025 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS DIMINISHED THIS MORNING...THEREFORE THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS COULD BRING A SIGNIFICANT GENERAL SNOWFALL TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT PATH THE STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE...AND THEREFORE THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL WHICH MAY OCCUR. PROBABILITIES REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL MAY OCCUR TO MAINTAIN THE WINTER STORM WATCH. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-272330- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0000Z-090129T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS- ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 1025 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS COULD BRING A SIGNIFICANT GENERAL SNOWFALL TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT PATH THE STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE...AND THEREFORE THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL WHICH MAY OCCUR. PROBABILITIES REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL MAY OCCUR TO MAINTAIN THE WINTER STORM WATCH. HEAVY SNOWS COULD IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ007-008-272330- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0300Z-090129T0300Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1025 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS COULD BRING A SIGNIFICANT GENERAL SNOWFALL TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON THE EXACT PATH THE STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE...AND THEREFORE THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL WHICH MAY OCCUR. PROBABILITIES REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL MAY OCCUR TO MAINTAIN THE WINTER STORM WATCH. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ HITCHCOCK
000 WWUS41 KBUF 271648 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1148 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WIDESPREAD GENERAL SNOWFALL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A STORM SYSTEM FORMING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS EVENING THEN REACH SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL CROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY EVENING THEN REACH THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL START FIRST ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER BY MID TO LATE EVENING THEN OVERSPREAD THE REST OF WESTERN NEW YORK BY AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL START ACROSS THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION BY LATE TONIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NYZ019>021-280100- /O.UPG.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0000Z-090129T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0003.090128T0100Z-090129T0400Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 1148 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BRING DIFFICULT TRAVEL TO THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW 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 OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ001-002-010>012-085-280100- /O.UPG.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0000Z-090129T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0003.090128T0400Z-090129T0400Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1148 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BRING DIFFICULT TRAVEL TO THE WESTERN NEW YORK TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW 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 OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ003>005-013-014-280100- /O.UPG.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0000Z-090129T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0003.090128T0600Z-090129T0600Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 1148 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BRING DIFFICULT TRAVEL TO THE GENESEE VALLEY AND NORTHERN FINGER LAKES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE...OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ NYZ006>008-280100- /O.UPG.KBUF.WS.A.0002.090128T0300Z-090129T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0003.090128T0800Z-090129T0800Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1148 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 3 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 3 AM EST THURSDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BRING DIFFICULT TRAVEL TO THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE TONIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH UP TO 14 INCHES ACROSS THE TUG HILL AND WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE ADIRONDACKS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW 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 OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. $$ HITCHCOCK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 storm watch went out at Jan 26, 3:10 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 3:10 PM EST, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
310 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A WESTERLY FLOW OF ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOWS TO
CONTINUE EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO...AND NUISANCE-TYPE LAKE SNOWS TO
PERSIST EAST OF LAKE ERIE. THE LAKE EFFECT WILL THEN GRADUALLY
DIMINISH ON TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE FROM
TEXAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS WEDNESDAY
MORNING THEN OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THIS WILL BRING A WIDESPREAD GENERAL SNOWFALL TO OUR REGION.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THE SNOW OFF LAKE ONTARIO IS STILL IMPACTING AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF
THE TUG HILL PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE LATEST VISIBLE IMAGE
IS STARTING TO SHOW A SLIGHT SOUTHWARD DRIFT TO THE MAIN SNOW BAND.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TREND INDICATED BY THE NAM12 WHICH SHOWS
THE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS VEERING SLIGHTLY MORE TO THE WEST THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SOUTHWARD DRIFT OF THE SNOW BAND WILL
BRING THE STEADIEST SNOW INTO THE TUG HILL PLATEAU AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT. AS THE WINDS VEER
TO THE WEST NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...EXPECT
THE STEADIER SNOW TO SHIFT SOUTH INTO OSWEGO...NRN CAYUGA AND
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES. BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL LINGER OVER OSWEGO
PAST 11Z TUESDAY...WILL EXTEND THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING FOR THIS
COUNTY UNTIL NOON TUESDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN
INTENSITY TUESDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW LEVEL
SHEAR INCREASES. THEREFORE...DO NOT PLAN TO ISSUE ANY HEADLINES FOR
LAKE EFFECT SNOW FOR NRN CAYUGA AND OSWEGO COUNTIES AT THIS TIME.
BUT...WILL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS IN CASE THE STEADIER
SNOW REMAINS INTACT LONGER ON TUESDAY.
FARTHER TO THE WEST...THE WEAK LAKE SNOW OFF LAKE ERIE HAS
DIMINISHED TO FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON. WITH MINOR OPENINGS STILL
PRESENT IN THE LAKE ERIE ICE...WILL LEAVE IN LOW CHANCE POPS FOR
SNOW SHOWERS EAST OF THE LAKE TONIGHT.
AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE LAKE EFFECT PLUMES WILL REMAIN DRY UNDER PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING ACROSS NEW YORK STATE ON
TUESDAY WILL CAUSE ANY LINGERING LAKE SNOWS TO DIMINISH DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW FROM THE SYNOPTIC SYSTEM WILL STAY MAINLY SOUTH
OF OUR CWA THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
THIS PERIOD WILL START OUT INTERESTING AS A STORM SYSTEM FROM TEXAS
LIFTS NORTHEAST ALONG A TIGHT BAROCLINIC ZONE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN TO THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THE LATEST RUN OF THE GFS AND NAM ALONG WITH SREF RUNS ARE ALL
INDICATING HIGHER QPF FIELDS THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. THERE ARE SEVERAL
FACTORS THAT FAVOR 6 TO 10 INCH STORM TOTALS FOR MOST OF THE CWA
FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE FIRST IS THE
FAVORED TRACK OF THE LOW TO OUR SOUTH...WARMING OUR UPPER LEVELS
SOMEWHAT TO HOLD MORE MOISTURE BUT AT THE SAME TIME KEEPING THE
ENTIRE SOUNDING BELOW FREEZING EVEN FOR THE WARMEST PART OF OUR CWA.
THE SECOND FACTOR WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL LIFT ALONG THE NOSE OF A 50
KNOT 850 JET THAT WILL AFFECT THE WHOLE AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE THIRD FACTOR WILL BE SOME LAKE ENHANCEMENT
SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO. ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT HAVE AS BIG A POTENTIAL AS
AREAS FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST OF US WE FEEL THAT A WATCH WOULD BE
PRUDENT AT THIS TIME. WE WILL START THE WATCH AT 00Z WEDNESDAY AND
CARRY IT THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ZONES AND 03Z
WEDNESDAY THROUGH 03Z THURSDAY EASTERN ZONES.
WITH RIDGING FOLLOWING THIS SYSTEM WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE
RELATIVELY QUIET. ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE VERY COLD AND MINOR LAKE
EFFECT SNOW IS LIKELY SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO.
THURSDAY WILL FEATURE LIFT FROM WARM ADVECTION AS AN UPPER TROUGH
DIGS ACROSS THE UPPER LAKES WITH AN ATTENDANT SURFACE LOW MOVING TO
JUST NORTH OF LAKE HURON. CHANCE POPS SHOULD HANDLE THIS FOR NOW.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
NOTHING MAJOR ON TAP FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
GFS AND ECMWF ARE CONSISTENT WITH A SURFACE LOW TRACKING EASTWARD
INTO QUEBEC AND A TRAILING COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS OUR REGION.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE OUT SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. THERE ARE SOME LAKE EFFECT IMPLICATIONS...MAINLY SOUTHEAST
OF LAKE ONTARIO FRIDAY NIGHT BUT AT THIS POINT WE WILL JUST
BROADBRUSH ALL ZONES WITH 30 TO 40 POPS.
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO CREST OVER THE REGION
SATURDAY BUT WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW WE
WILL KEEP SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
FINALLY A BIT OF A WARMUP HINTED ON SUNDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE DEEPENS NEAR JAMES BAY IN RESPONSE TO A DIGGING UPPER
TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE GFS IS FASTER IN BRINGING THE
COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM THROUGH BUT IN EITHER CASE
THIS FAR OUT WE WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS. HIGHS IN MOST AREAS
WILL APPROACH OR SURPASS THE FREEZING MARK.
COLDER MONDAY ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WITH TEMPERATURES ONCE
AGAIN SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
THE MONTH SURE HAS BEEN A COLD ONE. THROUGH THE 25TH WE AVERAGED
ONLY 18.7 DEGREES. THIS WOULD RANK AS 18TH COLDEST OUT OF THE 139
YEARS WE HAVE KEPT RECORDS FOR.S
&&
.AVIATION /20Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
A COLD WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LAKE EFFECT
SNOW OFF LAKE ONTARIO...AND TO A FAR LESSER EXTENT EAST OF LAKE
ERIE. CONDITIONS IN THE LAKE EFFECT BANDS WILL BE IFR TO
LIFR...ESPECIALLY VISIBILITIES. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OUTSIDE
THE LAKE EFFECT BANDS.
THE STEADIEST LAKE SNOWS WILL IMPACT THE TUG HILL PLATEAU THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT. AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER
WINDS VEER TO THE WEST NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...THE SNOW WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND IMPACT OSWEGO...SRN
CAYUGA AND EASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES. THE LAKES SNOW OFF LAKE ONTARIO
WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW LEVEL SHEAR INCREASES.
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...IFR IN SYNOPTIC SNOW.
THURSDAY...MAINLY VFR.
FRIDAY...MVFR IN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
&&
.MARINE...
A BRISK WESTERLY FLOW OF ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOWER
LAKES REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING
TONIGHT. FOR THIS REASON...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ONTARIO THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE NEARSHORE FORECASTS FOR LAKE ERIE AND THE NIAGARA RIVER HAVE
ENDED FOR THE SEASON AND WILL RESUME IN MARCH.
&&
.BUF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NY...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY FOR NYZ007-008.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR NYZ006>008.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING UNTIL 12 PM EST TUESDAY FOR NYZ006.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY FOR LOZ043-044.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SAGE
NEAR TERM...TJP
SHORT TERM...SAGE
LONG TERM...SAGE
AVIATION...TJP
MARINE...JJR/SAGEHazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 5:11 AM EST, 10 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 511 AM EST MON JAN 26 2009 NYZ006>008-271015- OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- 511 AM EST MON JAN 26 2009 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TUESDAY EVENING IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTHEAST AND REACH THE DELMARVA COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE PASSING JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH A GENERAL 3 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-271015- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- SOUTHERN ERIE- 511 AM EST MON JAN 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TUESDAY EVENING IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTHEAST AND REACH THE DELMARVA COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE PASSING JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH A GENERAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF LEZ020-040-041-LOZ042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-271015- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS- 511 AM EST MON JAN 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF JJR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 3:29 PM EST, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 329 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 NYZ006>008-262330- OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 329 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 TWO BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THE FIRST RAN FROM JUST NORTH OF WATERTOWN TO PHILADELPHIA, AND THE SECOND ACROSS NORTHERN OSWEGO AND WESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES. THESE BANDS, WHICH WERE PRODUCING SNOWFALL AT THE RATE OF OVER AN INCH AN HOUR IN SPOTS, WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STATIONARY THROUGH 6. THE BANDS WILL THEN CONSOLIDATE AND BE FOCUSED MAINLY ACROSS THE TUGG HILL REGION. MRP
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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.