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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 4, NWS Albany, NY

February 9, 2011Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Feb 9, 2011, 7:45 PM EST for Herkimer County, New York. It took effect at Feb 9, 2011, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 9, 2011, 7:45 PM EST (00:45 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 9, 2011, 8:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 10, 2011, 6:00 AM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

County Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake effect snow advisory went out at Feb 9, 6:50 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 6:50 PM EST, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 3:51 AM EST, 15 hours 54 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 11:55 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Ulster, Warren	22 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in New York, 2011 Every lake effect snow advisory in 2011

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.