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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
613 PM EDT WED MAR 20 2024
NYC037-051-055-069-073-117-202300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SQ.W.0001.240320T2213Z-240320T2300Z/
WAYNE NY-LIVINGSTON NY-ORLEANS NY-GENESEE NY-MONROE NY-ONTARIO NY-
613 PM EDT WED MAR 20 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTH CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 612 PM EDT, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHIMNEY BLUFFS STATE PARK TO
NEAR ALBION, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 390 BETWEEN EXITS 11 AND 12.
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 43 AND 47.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCHESTER, GREECE, IRONDEQUOIT, CHILI, BROCKPORT, EAST ROCHESTER,
ALBION, HILTON, WEBSTER, AND FAIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4335 7847 4337 7846 4339 7852 4339 7780
4328 7754 4332 7735 4333 7712 4331 7697
4334 7690 4307 7671 4303 7672 4301 7696
4297 7697 4294 7797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 295DEG 50KT 4337 7701 4320 7821
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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