Lake Effect Snow Warning for Wyoming through 10 pm Friday

Issued by the National Weather Service

en-US LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING FROM 4PM EST THU UNTIL 10PM EST FRI ...... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING ... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...WYOMING COUNTY. GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. * TIMING ... FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS ... AN INCH LATE THURSDAY ... 3 TO 5 INCHES THURSDAY NIGHT ... 2 TO 4 INCHES FRIDAY... AND AN INCH FRIDAY EVENING...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITY WITH DEEP SNOW COVER ON ROADS. 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. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. 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. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && EXPERIMENTAL CONTENT BELOW...DO NOT USE OPERATIONALLY PLEASE SEE BELOW LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS EXPERIMENT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF/POLYGON_PDD HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OS/NOTIFICATION/ PNS15LAKE_EFFECT_SNOWAAA.HTM TO VIEW THE EXPERIMENTAL POLYGONS PLEASE SEE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF/LESPOLYGON COORD...4273 7823 4267 7873 4223 7976 4199 7977 4220 7914 4232 7847 TIME Y16M12D29T2100Z-Y16M12D30T1200Z COORD...4268 7834 4253 7915 4221 7976 4199 7977 4219 7926 4224 7859 TIME Y16M12D30T1200Z-Y16M12D31T0300Z