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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 1, NWS Albany, NY

January 1, 2012Fulton County, Warren County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Jan 1, 2012, 4:23 PM EST for Fulton County, Warren County, New York. It took effect at Jan 2, 2012, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2012, 4:23 PM EST (21:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 2, 2012, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 3, 2012, 12:33 AM EST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY

Counties Fulton County, NY, Warren County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 Jan 1, 12:50 PM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 12:50 PM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 6:34 AM EST, 9 hours 49 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
Dec 31, 8:22 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	ALY	Saratoga, Warren, Washington	10 hr
Jan 1, 4:02 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	45 hr
Jan 1, 4:23 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Watch	ALY	Herkimer	24 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in New York, 2012 Every lake effect snow advisory in 2012

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.