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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 17, 202310 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this freeze watch at May 17, 2023, 3:53 AM EDT for 10 counties in New York. It took effect at May 17, 2023, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2023, 3:53 AM EDT (07:53 UTC)
In effect from
May 17, 2023, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 17, 2023, 10:57 AM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 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 freeze 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 freeze watch went out at May 17, 1:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 1:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 10:57 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryBUFNiagara, Orleans21 hr
May 17, 10:57 AM EDTFreeze WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 8 more21 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in New York, 2023Every freeze watch in 2023

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.