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Winter Storm Watch 10, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 15, 2020Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter storm watch at Dec 15, 2020, 2:55 PM EST for Allegany County, New York. It took effect at Dec 16, 2020, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2020, 2:55 PM EST (19:55 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2020, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 16, 2020, 3:00 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Allegany County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 15, 10:42 AM EST, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 10:42 AM EST, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 5:26 AM EST, 9 hours 29 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 15, 3:19 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		46 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.