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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 22, 20067 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 22, 2006, 4:15 AM EDT for 7 counties in New York. It took effect at May 23, 2006, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2006, 4:15 AM EDT (08:15 UTC)
In effect from
May 23, 2006, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 23, 2006, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2006-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WWUS71 KBUF 220815
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
415 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2006

...A COLD NIGHT IN STORE...

.A COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION THROUGH
TONIGHT. CLEARING SKIES WILL LEAD TO RADIATIONAL COOLING AND
PATCHY FROST.

NYZ019>021-221615-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.060523T0700Z-060523T1200Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE
415 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2006

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. 

CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO ENOUGH RADIATIONAL COOLING
TO PRODUCE FROST IN THE DEEPER INLAND PROTECTED VALLEYS. THE FROST
IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD HOWEVER AT THIS TIME BECAUSE
WINDS WILL BE JUST STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP THE AIR STIRRED UP OVER
MOST AREAS.

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN
THE ADVISED AREA SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO,
POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT
INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.

$$

SAGE
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KBUF 221531
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1131 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2006

...A COLD NIGHT IN STORE...

.A COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION THROUGH
TONIGHT. CLEARING SKIES WILL LEAD TO RADIATIONAL COOLING AND
PATCHY FROST.

NYZ019>021-222200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.060523T0700Z-060523T1200Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE
1131 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2006

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY.

CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO ENOUGH RADIATIONAL COOLING
TO PRODUCE FROST IN THE DEEPER INLAND PROTECTED VALLEYS. THE
FROST IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD HOWEVER AT THIS TIME
BECAUSE WINDS WILL BE JUST STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP THE AIR STIRRED
UP OVER MOST AREAS.

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN
THE ADVISED AREA SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD.

$$

TMA
000 
WWUS71 KBUF 221949
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
349 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2006

...A COLD NIGHT IN STORE...

.A COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION THROUGH
TONIGHT. CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL LEAD TO GOOD
RADIATIONAL COOLING...RESULTING IN AREAS OF FROST AND FREEZING
TEMPERATURES. THESE TEMPERATURES COULD KILL OR DAMAGE TENDER
VEGETATION.

NYZ020-021-230400-
/O.UPG.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.060523T0700Z-060523T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.W.0001.060523T0700Z-060523T1200Z/
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE
349 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2006

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. THE
FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE GROWING SEASON HAS JUST BEGUN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW
YORK STATE. AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIRMASS OVER THE REGION WILL
COMBINE WITH CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS LATE TONIGHT TO
ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 30 AND 33 DEGREES FOR
MORNING LOWS TUESDAY ACROSS THE REGION. SOME OF THE NORMALLY
COLDER LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE MORNING LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.

WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY.

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA
YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND
TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

$$

NYZ012>014-230400-
/O.EXA.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.060523T0700Z-060523T1200Z/
WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA
349 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2006

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. 

CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
COOL INTO THE MID 30S TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR AREAS OF FROST
TO FORM. 

A FEW OF THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS COULD FALL TO NEAR FREEZING.

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN
THE ADVISED AREA SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD.

$$

NYZ019-230400-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.060523T0700Z-060523T1200Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JAMESTOWN
349 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2006

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY.

CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW INLAND TEMPERATURES
TO COOL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR AREAS
OF FROST TO FORM...IN AREAS AWAY FROM LAKE ERIE.

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN
THE ADVISED AREA SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD.

$$

TMA
000 
WWUS71 KBUF 230229
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1029 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2006

...A COLD NIGHT IN STORE...

.A COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION THROUGH
TONIGHT. CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL LEAD TO GOOD
RADIATIONAL COOLING...RESULTING IN AREAS OF FROST AND FREEZING
TEMPERATURES. THESE TEMPERATURES COULD KILL OR DAMAGE TENDER
VEGETATION.

NYZ020-021-231030-
/O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0001.060523T0700Z-060523T1200Z/
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE
1029 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2006

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY.

THE GROWING SEASON HAS JUST BEGUN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW
YORK STATE. AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIRMASS OVER THE REGION WILL
COMBINE WITH CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS LATE TONIGHT TO
ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 30 AND 33 DEGREES FOR
MORNING LOWS TUESDAY ACROSS THE REGION. SOME OF THE NORMALLY
COLDER LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE MORNING LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.

WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY.

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED
AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS
NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY
FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV
STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

$$

NYZ085-231030-
/O.EXA.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.060523T0700Z-060523T1200Z/
SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
1029 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2006

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. 

CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
COOL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR AREAS
OF FROST TO FORM.

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN
THE ADVISED AREA SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD.

$$

NYZ012>014-231030-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.060523T0700Z-060523T1200Z/
WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA
1029 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2006

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY.

CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
COOL INTO THE MID 30S TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR AREAS OF FROST
TO FORM.

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN
THE ADVISED AREA SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD.

$$

NYZ019-231030-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.060523T0700Z-060523T1200Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JAMESTOWN
1029 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2006

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY.

CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW INLAND
TEMPERATURES TO COOL INTO THE MID 30S TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW
FOR AREAS OF FROST TO FORM...IN AREAS AWAY FROM LAKE ERIE.

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN
THE ADVISED AREA SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD.

$$

JJP
000 
WWUS71 KBUF 230827
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
427 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 2006

NYZ020-021-231200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060523T1200Z/
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE
427 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 2006

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING BUT
TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND QUICKLY.

$$

NYZ012>014-085-231200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060523T1200Z/
WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...
ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
427 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 2006

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING BUT
TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND QUICKLY.

$$

NYZ019-231200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060523T1200Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JAMESTOWN
427 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 2006

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING BUT
TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND QUICKLY.

$$

SAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 3:49 PM EDTFreeze WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus16 hr

Nearby

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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.