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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 11, NWS Buffalo, NY

February 16, 201310 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Feb 16, 2013, 3:42 PM EST for 10 counties in New York. It took effect at Feb 16, 2013, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2013, 3:42 PM EST (20:42 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2013, 8:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 17, 2013, 9:47 PM EST
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 Feb 16, 3:18 PM EST, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 3:18 PM EST, 24 minutes before
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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.