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Lake Effect Snow Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY

December 18, 2015Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this lake effect snow warning at Dec 18, 2015, 3:21 AM EST for Herkimer County, New York. It took effect at Dec 18, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 33 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 18, 2015, 3:21 AM EST (08:21 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 18, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 20, 2015, 3:53 AM EST
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

County Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 3:21 AM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryALYHamilton, Herkimer49 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in New York, 2015Every lake effect snow warning in 2015

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.