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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Burlington, VT

February 29, 20164 counties in New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this winter storm watch at Feb 29, 2016, 3:08 PM EST for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Mar 1, 2016, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 29, 2016, 3:08 PM EST (20:08 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 1, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 1, 2016, 3:49 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT

Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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 winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Feb 29, 3:06 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 29, 3:06 PM EST, 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 29, 2:47 PM EST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
247 PM EST MON FEB 29 2016

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001-002-005-009-016>018-010000-
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN ADDISON-
EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH...
STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...
LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...
GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...BURLINGTON...
MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...
BRISTOL...RIPTON
247 PM EST MON FEB 29 2016

...SNOW SQUALLS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...

SNOW SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD
FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY. WHILE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
LIMITED TO AN INCH OR SO...SNOW SQUALLS WILL BRING A 30 MINUTE
PERIOD OF VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE-HALF MILE PRODUCING WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. THE SUDDEN CHANGE IN VISIBILITY THAT SNOW SQUALLS
PRODUCE COULD LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

EXPECT SNOW SQUALLS TO DEVELOP IN THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY BETWEEN
7 TO 9 PM...THE ADIRONDACKS BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM...AND IN THE
NORTHERN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT AND NEW YORK BETWEEN 9 PM
AND 11 PM.

AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE TEENS OVERNIGHT...ANY ACCUMULATED
SNOW ON ROADS WILL FREEZE AND LEAD TO SLIPPERY TRAVEL ON UNTREATED
ROADS AFTER SNOW HAS ENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF TRAVELING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF
VERMONT LATER TONIGHT...BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SUDDEN
CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND DRIVING CONDITIONS IN SNOW SQUALLS.
DRIVE SLOWLY AND CAUTIOUSLY IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A SNOW
SQUALL. CONSIDER PULLING OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UNTIL
VISIBILITES IMPROVE.

LOCONTO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 29, 3:08 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBTVAddison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle and 5 more43 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in New York, 2016Every winter storm watch 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.