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Lake Effect Snow Warnings in New York, 2020

15 lake effect snow warnings in 2020. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of lake effect snow warnings reaches back to 2005.

Lake Effect Snow Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Lake Effect Snow Warnings
15
Busiest month
February6 lake effect snow warnings
Busiest day
November 2, 20203 lake effect snow warnings

Over time

By month

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 9:52 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego13 hr
Jan 6, 2:25 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer10 hr
Jan 18, 12:18 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming33 hr
Feb 19, 12:05 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne22 hr
Feb 19, 1:05 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Onondaga22 hr
Feb 26, 4:23 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer11 hr
Feb 26, 4:27 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis and 2 more9 hr
Feb 27, 3:40 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBTVSt. Lawrence45 hr
Feb 28, 2:55 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and 1 more31 hr
Nov 2, 3:24 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego22 hr
Nov 2, 3:58 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer27 hr
Nov 2, 4:06 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBGMOneida24 hr
Dec 23, 2:19 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis and 2 more4 days
Dec 26, 3:38 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningALYHerkimer21 hr
Dec 29, 2:40 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBUFOswego5 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.