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Lake Effect Snow Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 12, 20258 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow warning at Jan 12, 2025, 3:30 AM EST for 8 counties in New York. It took effect at Jan 13, 2025, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 57 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
Jan 12, 2025, 3:30 AM EST (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 13, 2025, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 15, 2025, 10:28 PM EST
In force
57 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 1:55 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBUFErie, Genesee24 hr
Jan 12, 3:23 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF7 days

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in New York, 2025Every lake effect snow warning in 2025

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.