SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 121 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
WESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
SOUTHWESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 215 PM EST
* AT 121 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WESTFIELD
TO FINDLEY LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF
FREDONIA TO 27 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
DUNKIRK AND MAYVILLE BY 130 PM EST...
CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE AND FREDONIA BY 135 PM EST...
SILVER CREEK AND LAKEWOOD BY 140 PM EST...
JAMESTOWN WEST AND JAMESTOWN BY 145 PM EST...
FREWSBURG AND FALCONER BY 150 PM EST...
LAT...LON 4222 7977 4229 7972 4240 7949 4250 7936
4257 7916 4260 7913 4275 7865 4204 7867
4202 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 250DEG 49KT 4242 7952 4213 7975
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HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 958 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY.
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN AND ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE THIS MORNING...WITH SOME 55
MPH GUSTS POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY
MIDDAY.
AFTER A TEMPORARY LULL...THE WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AND
WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS THE WINDS WILL BECOME
MORE WESTERLY.
THE STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE
HIGHEST GUSTS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND NEAR LAKE
ERIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER
AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE
POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES BE EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS
OR UPDATES.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1155 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE BULK OF
TODAY...BUT THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER AIR. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM WILL
BEGIN TO PRODUCE BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW. STRONG WINDS COMBINED
WITH THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT
DRIVING WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA RIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
STORM TOTALS BY FRIDAY EVENING WILL EXCEED 2 FEET IN THE MOST
PERSISTENT LAKE SNOW AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG
WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
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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