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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

October 19, 200512 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Oct 19, 2005, 12:34 PM EDT for 12 counties in New York. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 19, 2005, 12:34 PM EDT (16:34 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2005, 3:05 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 47 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 284 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
323 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KBUF 191634
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1234 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2005

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK AND THE GENESEE
VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND PRODUCE A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. 
THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THE COLD FRONT
HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.  

NYZ001>004-010>014-019>021-085-192000-
/X.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0002.051019T1634Z-051019T2000Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-
LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
NEWARK...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...
JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
1234 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES
THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. 

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KBUF 191905
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
305 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2005

NYZ001>004-010>014-019>021-085-192015-
/X.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051019T2000Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-
LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
NEWARK...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...
JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
305 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 30 MPH, WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
AT TIMES. BUT THE STRONGER WINDS THAT PROMPTED THE EARLIER ADVISORY
HAVE NOW DECREASED.

$$

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.