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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1059 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2022

NYZ004>006-008-201800-
OSWEGO NY-LEWIS NY-WAYNE NY-NORTHERN CAYUGA NY-
1059 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2022

...AN INTENSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WILL AFFECT PARTS OF 
OSWEGO...LEWIS... WAYNE...AND NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTIES...

HAZARDS...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL RAPIDLY 
REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE. THIS LAKE EFFECT 
SNOW BAND IS PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW AT THE RATE OF 2 TO 4 
INCHES PER HOUR WITHIN THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE BAND. THERE IS 
ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDER WITHIN THIS BAND AT TIMES.

LOCATION AND MOVEMENT...AT 1053 AM EST, A LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WAS 
LOCATED OVER WESTERN OSWEGO AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CAYUGA CO. THIS 
BAND WILL OSCILLATE BACK AND FORTH ACROSS OSWEGO COUNTY THIS MORNING. 


LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OSWEGO, FULTON, FAIR HAVEN 
BEACH STATE PARK, CENTRAL SQUARE, CATO, MEXICO POINT STATE PARK, 
NINE MILE POINT, BATTLE ISLAND STATE PARK, BREWERTON, HASTINGS, 
SCRIBA, VOLNEY, CONSTANTIA, WEST MONROE, PALERMO, STERLING, NEW 
HAVEN, PHOENIX, IRA AND MINETTO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 32 AND 34.

***TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, IF NOT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN 
THE MOST INTENSE PORTION OF THIS BAND.*** 

SAFETY INFO... USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH 
THIS LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND 
POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS MAY LEAD TO ACCIDENTS.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. BE
PREPARED FOR SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

&&

LAT...LON 4342 7553 4348 7581 4333 7589 4332 7586
      4315 7588 4320 7608 4327 7620 4320 7621
      4324 7627 4322 7626 4320 7627 4323 7631
      4323 7648 4314 7649 4328 7685 4346 7665
      4356 7645 4350 7613 4348 7541
TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 277DEG 52KT 4339 7648 
$$

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