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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 16, NWS Buffalo, NY

March 21, 2015Monroe County, Ontario County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Mar 21, 2015, 4:05 AM EDT for Monroe County, Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It took effect at Mar 22, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 21, 2015, 4:05 AM EDT (08:05 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 22, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 22, 2015, 10:24 AM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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 20, 3:43 PM EDT, 12 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 3:43 PM EDT, 12 hours 22 minutes before

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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.