Alert archive / New York / Snow Advisories in 2005
Snow Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this snow advisory at Dec 21, 2005, 2:23 PM EST for Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2005, 2:23 PM EST (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2005, 10:37 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KBUF 211923 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 223 PM EST WED DEC 21 2005 ...ANOTHER BRIEF ROUND OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL FOR THE REGION... .A RAPID MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE SFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AREA OF SNOW WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO WATERTOWN THROUGH 4PM THEN CONTINUE SOUTH THROUGH PULASKI AND OSWEGO THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY AS THE BAND MOVES THROUGH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE SNOW AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 20 MPH. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND ADJUST DRIVING FOR THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. NYZ007-220100- /O.NEW.KBUF.SN.Y.0002.051221T1923Z-051222T0100Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 223 PM EST WED DEC 21 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. AN AREA OF SNOW WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO WATERTOWN THROUGH 4PM THEN CONTINUE SOUTH THROUGH THE REST OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE BAND IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE COUNTY AFTER 7PM. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY AS THE BAND MOVES THROUGH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE SNOW AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 20 MPH. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 4 TO 6 INCHES ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED, BUT UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ NYZ006-008-220330- /O.NEW.KBUF.SN.Y.0002.051221T1923Z-051222T0900Z/ OSWEGO-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...LOWVILLE 223 PM EST WED DEC 21 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY. AN AREA OF SNOW WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH LEWIS AND OSWEGO COUNTIES FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY AS THE BAND MOVES THROUGH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE SNOW AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 20 MPH. THE BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 4 TO 6 INCHES ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED, BUT UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBUF 220108 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 808 PM EST WED DEC 21 2005 ...ANOTHER BRIEF ROUND OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL FOR THE REGION... .A RAPID MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF STEADY SNOW TO SOUTHERN LEWIS AND OSWEGO COUNTIES FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT...BEFORE THE ACTIVITY GRADUALLY TAPERS OFF OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES BY LATE TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE SNOW AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 20 MPH. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND ADJUST DRIVING FOR THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. NYZ007-220215- /O.EXP.KBUF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051222T0100Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 808 PM EST WED DEC 21 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... AS OF 8 PM...THE STEADY SNOWS HAD EXITED THE AREA...THEREFORE THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ NYZ006-008-220900- /O.CON.KBUF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051222T0900Z/ OSWEGO-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...LOWVILLE 808 PM EST WED DEC 21 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY. STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN LEWIS AND OSWEGO COUNTIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES BY LATE TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE SNOW AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 20 MPH. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 4 TO 6 INCHES ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$
000 WWUS41 KBUF 220337 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1037 PM EST WED DEC 21 2005 NYZ006-008-220445- /O.CAN.KBUF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051222T0900Z/ OSWEGO-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...LOWVILLE 1037 PM EST WED DEC 21 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. AS OF 1035 PM...THE STEADY SNOWS HAVE WEAKENED AND SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ JJR
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.