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Winter Weather Advisory 9, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 28, 202513 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 28, 2025, 5:00 AM EST for 13 counties in New York. It took effect at Jan 28, 2025, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 31 hr.

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, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 30, 2025, 12:50 AM EST
In force: 31 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, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 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 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 winter weather advisory 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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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 2:36 PM EST, 14 hours 24 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, 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.