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Lake Effect Snow Warning 12, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 12, 20257 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow warning at Dec 12, 2025, 1:30 AM EST for 7 counties in New York. It took effect at Dec 13, 2025, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 68 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 12, 2025, 1:30 AM EST (06:30 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 13, 2025, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 16, 2025, 3:12 AM EST
In force
68 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:35 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
Dec 12, 1:30 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchBUFCattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Wayne24 hr

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.