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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 12, NWS Buffalo, NY

February 19, 201310 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Feb 19, 2013, 3:44 PM EST for 10 counties in New York. It took effect at Feb 19, 2013, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2013, 3:44 PM EST (20:44 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2013, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 21, 2013, 4:05 AM EST
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 19, 3:37 PM EST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 3:37 PM EST, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 3:44 PM EST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 4:37 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and 1 more47 hr
Feb 19, 7:44 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego8 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in New York, 2013Every lake effect snow advisory in 2013

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.