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Winter Weather Advisory 42, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 17, 20185 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 17, 2018, 8:30 AM EST for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2018, 8:30 AM EST (13:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 2018, 9:15 PM EST
In force
37 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 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 Jan 17, 6:31 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 6:31 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 17, 8:10 AM EST, 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 8:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie80 min
Jan 17, 2:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson94 min

Nearby

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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.