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Lakeshore Flood Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 18, 2020Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lakeshore flood advisory at Jan 18, 2020, 4:03 AM EST for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Jan 18, 2020, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 18, 2020, 4:03 AM EST (09:03 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 18, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 18, 2020, 1:02 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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 lakeshore flood 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 lakeshore flood advisory went out at Jan 17, 5:59 PM EST, 10 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 5:59 PM EST, 10 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 4:13 PM EST, 11 hours 50 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
Jan 18, 4:03 AM EST	Lakeshore Flood Warning	BUF	Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Oswego	32 hr
Jan 18, 12:18 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming	33 hr

Nearby

Lakeshore Flood Advisories in New York, 2020 Every lakeshore flood advisory 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.