LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1011 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST TUESDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE LAKE EFFECT
SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...LIFTING
NORTH SLIGHTLY BEFORE A SHARP COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION EARLY
THIS EVENING. ANOTHER BURST OF SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT
ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS WILL THEN REORGANIZE
FURTHER SOUTH LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ON A NORTHWEST FLOW.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL EXCEED 6
INCHES IN AREAS WHERE BANDS PERSIST THE LONGEST...MOSTLY FROM
NORTHERN CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES EAST INTO WYOMING
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
TUESDAY AS WELL...ESPECIALLY OVER CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY. STORM TOTALS
WILL EXCEED A FOOT IN SOME AREAS.
THE COMBINATION OF SNOW NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH WILL
CREATE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS AND VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW
IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL
BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN
ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO.
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