Lake Effect Snow Warning

Lake Effect Snow Warning

A Lake Effect Snow Warning is a bulletin issued by the National Weather Service in the United States to warn of heavy snowfall amounts that are imminent from convective snow generated by very cold airmass passing over unfrozen lakes. The criteria for amounts may vary significantly over different county warning areas.

Environment Canada's Meteorological Service of Canada issues similar warnings but they are called Snowsquall warnings.

ee also

* Severe weather terminology (United States)
* Lake effect snow
* Lake Effect Snow Advisory
* Snowsquall

External links

* [http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ National Weather Service]
* [http://www.fema.gov Federal Emergency Management Agency]
* [http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/cd/brochures/warning_e.cfm? Meteorological Service of Canada]


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