SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 441 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 600 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...INTENSE LAKE SNOWS ACROSS THE BUFFALO METRO AREA AND
SOUTHTOWNS...
AT 445 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BAND OF INTENSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW STRETCHING FROM NEAR SILVER CREEK
NORTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY AS FAR
NORTH AS DOWNTOWN BUFFALO AND THE EASTERN SUBURBS. THE BAND ALSO
EXTENDS EAST INTO PORTIONS OF GENESEE COUNTY.
THIS BAND WILL PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
CONCENTRATING ON THE BUFFALO SOUTHTOWNS AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY.
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BE
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
THIS BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS SKI
COUNTRY AND INTO THE SOUTHERN TIER AFTER 7 PM. IN THE MEANTIME...
THE BAND WILL ALSO BEGIN TO BRUSH THE CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHORELINE.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY FROM BUFFALO TO
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 441 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 445 PM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST TUESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF
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