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Small Craft Advisory 12, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 28, 2025

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this small craft advisory at Jan 28, 2025, 12:45 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 28, 2025, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2025, 12:45 PM EST (17:45 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 28, 2025, 9:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 29, 2025, 9:23 PM EST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Jan 27, 6:32 PM EST, 18 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 6:32 PM EST, 18 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 2:36 PM EST, 22 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 27, 10:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more	84 min
Jan 28, 3:53 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		51 hr
Jan 28, 5:00 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	5 hr
Jan 28, 5:00 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 7 more	44 hr
Jan 28, 9:59 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	39 hr
Jan 28, 6:39 PM EST	Gale Warning	BUF		27 hr

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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.