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Lakeshore Flood Advisory 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 28, 2012Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lakeshore flood advisory at Jan 28, 2012, 4:52 PM EST for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2012, 4:52 PM EST (21:52 UTC)
Expired: Jan 28, 2012, 10:00 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lakeshore flood 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 lakeshore flood advisory went out at Jan 28, 3:24 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 3:24 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 4:44 PM EST, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 28, 3:18 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 28, 4:16 PM EST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
416 PM EST SAT JAN 28 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0341 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST DUNKIRK                 42.49N  79.35W
01/28/2012  M65 MPH          CHAUTAUQUA         NY   C-MAN STATION

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EVENT NUMBER BUF1200053

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Local storm report, Jan 28, 4:39 PM EST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
439 PM EST SAT JAN 28 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0320 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST BARCELONA               42.34N  79.60W
01/28/2012  M58 MPH          CHAUTAUQUA         NY   C-MAN STATION

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EVENT NUMBER BUF1200054

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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 28, 4:10 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	30 hr
Jan 28, 11:51 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BUF	Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis, Monroe and 3 more	16 hr

Nearby

Lakeshore Flood Advisories in New York, 2012 Every lakeshore flood 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.