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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter storm watch at Jan 28, 2025, 5:00 AM EST for Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It took effect at Jan 28, 2025, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2025, 5:00 AM EST (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2025, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2025, 9:59 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 27, 6:32 PM EST, 10 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 6:32 PM EST, 10 hours 28 minutes before
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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 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, 12:45 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.