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Winter Weather Advisory 32, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 21, 201716 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 21, 2017, 3:21 AM EST for 16 counties in New York. It took effect at Dec 21, 2017, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 21, 2017, 3:21 AM EST (08:21 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2017, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 23, 2017, 6:35 PM EST
In force: 45 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 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 weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Dec 21, 3:17 AM EST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 3:17 AM EST, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 2:54 PM EST, 12 hours 27 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
Dec 21, 2:54 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		32 hr

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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.