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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 10, NWS Buffalo, NY

February 4, 20154 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Feb 4, 2015, 3:33 PM EST for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Feb 5, 2015, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 4, 2015, 3:33 PM EST (20:33 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 5, 2015, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 5, 2015, 3:35 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 4, 3:22 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 3:22 PM EST, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 10:50 AM EST, 4 hours 43 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
Feb 4, 3:38 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		30 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in New York, 2015 Every lake effect snow 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.