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Lakeshore Flood — Niagara, NY

Feb 24, 2019

Low pressure over the central Plains rapidly deepened as it moved into the central Great Lakes, ending up as a 970 mb low over western Quebec. A strong cold front trailing the low sliced through western New York trailing it and ushering in very gusty winds. The track of the strong surface low was a classic high wind track for our region. Strong cold advection and subsidence behind the cold front allowed post-frontal winds to mix down to the surface, and the 1.5 PVU surface descending down to at

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 809109). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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