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Winter Storm Watch 16, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 20, 202210 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter storm watch at Dec 20, 2022, 2:22 PM EST for 10 counties in New York. It took effect at Dec 23, 2022, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 2022, 2:22 PM EST (19:22 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 23, 2022, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 22, 2022, 3:54 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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 20, 2:10 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 2:10 PM EST, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 4:55 AM EST, 9 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 20, 12:59 PM EST	Lakeshore Flood Watch	BUF	Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Niagara, Oswego	25 hr
Dec 20, 1:04 PM EST	Storm Watch	BUF		24 hr
Dec 20, 1:12 PM EST	High Wind Watch	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	39 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.