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Dense Fog Advisory 3, NWS Buffalo, NY

April 3, 2015Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this dense fog advisory at Apr 3, 2015, 9:35 AM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2015, 9:35 AM EDT (13:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2015, 1:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:32 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 dense fog 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 dense fog advisory went out at Apr 3, 4:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 4:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 5:24 AM EDT, 4 hours 11 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
Apr 3, 4:09 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BUF	Erie, Jefferson, Niagara	5 hr
Apr 3, 3:39 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		40 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in New York, 2015 Every dense fog advisory 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.