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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 15, NWS Buffalo, NY

March 20, 2013Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Mar 20, 2013, 3:05 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2013, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 21, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Allegany County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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 Mar 19, 7:57 PM EDT, 19 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 7:57 PM EDT, 19 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 7:57 PM EDT, 19 hours 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 9:02 PM EDT	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	BUF	Allegany	14 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in New York, 2013 Every 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.