Alert archive / New York / High Wind Watches in 2006
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this high wind watch at Mar 9, 2006, 3:28 AM EST for 16 counties in New York. It took effect at Mar 10, 2006, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2006, 3:28 AM EST (08:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2006, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2006, 3:20 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KBUF 090828 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 328 AM EST THU MAR 9 2006 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO ON FRIDAY WHICH WILL BRING STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TO THE REGION. THE WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL ENTER THE WESTERN COUNTIES AROUND DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY...AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE THROUGH THE MORNING WITH STRONG WINDS EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO BY MID DAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND AREAS IMMEDIATELY EAST OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE THE HIGHEST WINDS AND GUSTS...ALTHOUGH ALL OF THE REGION WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. THE WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND SUBSIDE LATE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-092100- /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.A.0002.060310T1200Z-060311T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 328 AM EST THU MAR 9 2006 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY AS DEEP LOW PRESSURE PASSES OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO. WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS TO DEVELOP. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. IF A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED...STAY INSIDE...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BE PREPARED FOR TREES BLOCKING ROADWAYS AND POWER OUTAGES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR THE OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS71 KBUF 092020 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 320 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO ON FRIDAY WHICH WILL BRING STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE REGION. THE WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL ENTER THE WESTERN COUNTIES AROUND DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY...AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE THROUGH THE MORNING WITH STRONG WINDS EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO BY MID DAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND AREAS IMMEDIATELY EAST OF LAKES ERIE WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE THE HIGHEST WINDS AND GUSTS...ALTHOUGH ALL OF THE REGION WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. THE WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND SUBSIDE LATE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NYZ001>004-010>014-019>021-085-100500- /O.UPG.KBUF.HW.A.0002.060310T1200Z-060311T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.060310T1100Z-060310T1900Z/ 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 320 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM EST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY AS DEEP LOW PRESSURE PASSES OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO. WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH WIND GUSTS OF 55 MILES PER HOUR. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY EVENING. 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. $$ NYZ005>008-100500- /O.UPG.KBUF.HW.A.0002.060310T1200Z-060311T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.060310T1400Z-060310T2200Z/ NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN... LOWVILLE 320 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY AS DEEP LOW PRESSURE PASSES OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO. WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH WIND GUSTS OF 50 MILES PER HOUR. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY EVENING. 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. $$ TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:20 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 23 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.