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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 16, 20059 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2005, 4:19 AM EST for 9 counties in New York. It took effect at Nov 16, 2005, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2005, 4:19 AM EST (09:19 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 16, 2005, 5:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 16, 2005, 12:05 PM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 00:00Z on 2005-11-16Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2005-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 551 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
852 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
551 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
654 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 160919
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
419 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK
TODAY...

.A DEEPENING STORM SYSTEM LIFTING FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TO
NEAR JAMES BAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.
THE SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE FUNNELED UP THE LONG FETCH OF LAKE
ERIE TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH FROM THE LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE
TO THE ROCHESTER METRO AREA...WITH THE HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF LAKE
ONTARIO RECEIVING SIMILAR GUSTS.

WHILE GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...
WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO LOWER BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

NYZ001>003-006>008-010-011-019-085-161730-
/O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0007.051116T1000Z-051116T2000Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-
GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...
ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
419 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH EARLY WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY
DURING THE COURSE OF THE MORNING WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. 

THESE WINDS WILL THEN SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT LATE TODAY AND EARLY
TONIGHT... WHEN SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS WILL DROP BELOW 40 MPH.

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.

$$

RSH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KBUF 161705
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1205 PM EST WED NOV 16 2005

...THE THREAT OF STRONG WINDS HAS ENDED...

.THE COLD FRONT THAT CROSSED THE REGION THIS MORNING HAS MOVED
WELL TO OUR EAST, BUT WINDS WILL STILL BE GUSTY AT UP TO 35 MPH.

NYZ001>003-006>008-010-011-019-085-161815-
/O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051116T2000Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-
GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...
ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
1205 PM EST WED NOV 16 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 5:29 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WatchBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and 1 more40 hr
Nov 16, 2:58 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis, Wyoming31 hr
Nov 16, 2:58 PM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryBUFErie, Genesee21 hr

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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.