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Lake Effect Snow Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 27, 20108 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow warning at Jan 27, 2010, 2:40 PM EST for 8 counties in New York. It took effect at Jan 27, 2010, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 27, 2010, 2:40 PM EST (19:40 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 27, 2010, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 28, 2010, 10:29 PM EST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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 warning 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 warning went out at Jan 26, 6:53 PM EST, 19 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 6:53 PM EST, 19 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 4:31 PM EST, 22 hours 9 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 27, 9:38 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans	6 hr
Jan 27, 2:40 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Watch	BUF	Cayuga, Wayne	15 hr
Jan 27, 3:48 PM EST	Gale Warning	BUF		36 hr
Jan 27, 3:48 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		18 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in New York, 2010 Every lake effect snow warning 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.