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Lake Effect Snow Warning 4, NWS Albany, NY

December 26, 2020Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this lake effect snow warning at Dec 26, 2020, 3:38 AM EST for Herkimer County, New York. It took effect at Dec 26, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2020, 3:38 AM EST (08:38 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 27, 2020, 12:33 AM EST
In force
18 hr
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 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 9:13 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchALYHerkimer6 hr
Dec 26, 3:38 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALYHamilton21 hr
Dec 26, 1:02 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region23 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in New York, 2020Every lake effect snow warning in 2020

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.