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Gale Warning 15, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 3, 2024

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this gale warning at Dec 3, 2024, 2:38 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 4, 2024, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 42 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 3, 2024, 2:38 PM EST (19:38 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 4, 2024, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 6, 2024, 1:00 AM EST
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 gale warning went out at Dec 3, 10:45 AM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 10:45 AM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 3, 3:25 AM EST, 11 hours 13 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 3, 9:37 AM EST, 5 hours 1 minute before
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Local storm report, Dec 3, 10:58 AM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1058 AM EST Tue Dec 3 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1045 AM     Snow             Perrysburg              42.46N 79.00W
12/03/2024  M4.2 Inch        Cattaraugus        NY   CO-OP Observer

            24 hour snowfall total.

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Local storm report, Dec 3, 11:00 AM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1100 AM EST Tue Dec 3 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 AM     Snow             Perrysburg              42.46N 79.00W
12/03/2024  M57.9 Inch       Cattaraugus        NY   CO-OP Observer

            5-day storm total snowfall.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 3, 3:15 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis and 2 more24 hr
Dec 3, 3:45 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF5 days

Nearby

Gale Warnings in New York, 2024Every gale warning in 2024

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.