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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 1, 20106 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Jan 1, 2010, 4:36 AM EST for 6 counties in New York. It took effect at Jan 1, 2010, 2:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2010, 4:36 AM EST (09:36 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 1, 2010, 2:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 2, 2010, 2:26 PM EST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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 Jan 1, 4:04 AM EST, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 4:04 AM EST, 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 31, 10:56 PM EST, 5 hours 40 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
Jan 1, 4:13 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		3 days

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in New York, 2010 Every lake effect snow advisory in 2010

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.