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Lake effect snow watch

{{Short description|Bulletin issued by the National Weather Service}}

A lake effect snow watch was a bulletin issued by the National Weather Service in the United States to warn of heavy snowfall amounts that will be possible from convective snow generated by cold air masses passing over unfrozen lakes (lake effect snow). The criteria for amounts may vary over different county warning areas.

On October 2, 2017, issuance of the Lake Effect Snow Watch has been discontinued, and a winter storm watch is now issued when the above criteria are expected to be met.[http://www.weather.gov/crh/hazsimplification National Weather Service Hazard Simplification] Retrieved 9 November 2017

Example



MNZ020-037-181845-


/O.NEW.KDLH.LE.A.0004.081219T0600Z-081220T0600Z/


SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-


443 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008


...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH


FRIDAY EVENING...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT


SNOW WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY


EVENING.)


LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND LAST


THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY AND INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST OF


THE SNOW WILL FALL ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM DULUTH TO SILVER


BAY...WHERE THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR UP TO 8 INCHES IN ISOLATED


AREAS. THE HEAVIEST OF THE SNOW LOOKS TO FALL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING


AROUND THE TIME OF THE MORNING COMMUTE.


A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HEAVY


ACCUMULATION OF LAKE-EFFECT SNOW. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE MAY BE


SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY CURRENT WITH


THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WINTER


STORM VIA LOCAL TELEVISION...RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR NOAA


WEATHER RADIO.


$$


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{{Cite web|url=http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=MNZ037&warncounty=MNC017&firewxzone=MNZ037&local_place1=8+Miles+WSW+Wrenshall+MN&product1=Lake+Effect+Snow+Watch|title = WWA Summary by Location with MNZ037/MNC017/MNZ037 emphasis Lake Effect Snow Watch}}

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ National Weather Service]
  • [http://www.fema.gov Federal Emergency Management Agency]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060703204148/http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/cd/brochures/warning_e.cfm Meteorological Service of Canada]

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