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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 3, NWS Albany, NY

January 17, 2016Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Jan 17, 2016, 3:47 PM EST for Herkimer County, New York. It took effect at Jan 18, 2016, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 17, 2016, 3:47 PM EST (20:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 18, 2016, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 18, 2016, 3:43 AM EST
In force
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 20:46 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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake effect snow advisory went out at Jan 17, 12:39 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 12:39 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 3:41 AM EST, 12 hours 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 17, 2:58 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	ALY	Herkimer	48 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in New York, 2016 Every lake effect snow advisory in 2016

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.