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Cold Weather Advisory 1, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this cold weather advisory at Jan 19, 2025, 12:47 PM EST for 15 counties in New York. It took effect at Jan 20, 2025, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2025, 12:47 PM EST (17:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2025, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2025, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 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 cold weather 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 cold weather advisory went out at Jan 19, 9:52 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 9:52 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 3:43 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis and 5 more | 3 days |
| Jan 19, 3:43 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Cayuga, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Wayne | 37 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:20 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | BUF | 3 days | |
| Jan 19, 1:55 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 3 days |
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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.