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"The plunge is going to be tonight as that cold front comes through. We'll probably start out the evening low 60s upper 50s but by late tonight early tomorrow morning we're going to be sitting in the 20s."
- Jeff Wood, National Weather Service |
RECORD WARMTH: 63 degrees at 5am Shattered the 56 degree record for this date from 1916 HIGH WIND WARNING : Trees and Power Lines are at Risk Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee Counties: until 4pm Thurs. WIND ADVISORY Wyoming and Allegany Counties: until 4pm Thurs. FLOOD ADVISORY Chautauqua County until 4:30am Thurs.
LAKE SNOW WARNING Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties 10am Thurs.-6PM-Fri night. INSIDE: READ EACH ADVISORY | HEAR Wood on The Liveline | Live Radar |
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LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus Counties Thurs. 10AM through 6pm Friday night.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY S. Erie and Wyoming Counties Thurs 10AM-Fri 6pm.
WIND WARNING Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee Counties until 4pm Thu.
WIND ADVISORY Allegany and Wyoming Counties until 4pm Thu.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1012 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE (all of Western New York)
...GUSTY WINDS AND RAPIDLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES ARE ON THE WAY...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 200 AM. WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO DROP RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY BY DAYBREAK. THIS WILL POSE SEVERAL CHALLENGES FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE.
ANY WATER LEFT ON ROADWAYS WILL BE PRONE TO FREEZING...AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL START TO DEVELOP WEST OF LAKE ERIE.
ALSO...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS AND WILL IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THOSE PLANNING TO TRAVEL THURSDAY MORNING SHOULD PLAN A LITTLE EXTRA TIME AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SLICK SPOTS OR DEBRIS.
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LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-
942 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY...
.. LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES.
.. TIMING...LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING.
.. ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES THURSDAY...4 TO 6 INCHES THURSDAY NIGHT...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES FRIDAY...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS.
.. WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH.
.. VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
.. IMPACTS...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL RESULT IN VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITY AND DEEP SNOW COVER ON ROADS.
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LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
WYOMING-SOUTHERN ERIE-
942 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY...
.. LOCATIONS...WYOMING AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES.
.. TIMING...LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING.
.. ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES THURSDAY...1 TO 3 INCHES THURSDAY NIGHT...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES FRIDAY...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS UP TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS.
.. WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH.
.. VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
.. IMPACTS...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVER ON ROADS.
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HIGH WIND WARNING
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE-
957 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY...
.. TIMING...THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
.. WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
.. IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BRING DOWN A FEW TREES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DRIVING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT.
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WIND ADVISORY
ALLEGANY-
957 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY...
.. TIMING...THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
.. WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
.. IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN A FEW TREE LIMBS COMING DOWN AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES.
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WYOMING-
957 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY...
.. TIMING...THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
.. WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
.. IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN A FEW TREE LIMBS COMING DOWN AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES.
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FLOOD WATCH
1042 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
.. FLOOD ADVISORY FOR RAIN AND MELTING SNOW IN...
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM EST
.. AT 1037 PM EST FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS HAD RESULTING IN A ROAD CLOSURE ALONG SOUTH CASSADAGA-STOCKTON ROAD NEAR SOUTH STOCKTON. ADDITIONAL RAIN AND SNOWMELT WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING AND MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES.