Alert archive / New York / Snow Advisories in 2007
Snow Advisory 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this snow advisory at Mar 14, 2007, 3:20 PM EDT for 11 counties in New York. It took effect at Mar 15, 2007, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2007, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2007, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2007, 4:08 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, 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, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 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 141920 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 320 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 ...LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW YORK LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION AFTER MIDNIGHT. IT WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWS CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE DIFFICULT AND YOU SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 11 PM. NYZ001>008-010-011-019-085-150330- /O.NEW.KBUF.SN.Y.0003.070315T0600Z-070315T1800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 320 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT THURSDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER 2 AM. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED, BUT UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ JJP
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBUF 150247 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1047 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 ...LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW YORK LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT. IT WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWS CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE MORNING COMMUTE MAY BE DIFFICULT AND YOU SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM. NYZ001>008-010-011-019-085-151100- /O.CON.KBUF.SN.Y.0003.070315T0600Z-070315T1800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1047 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EDT THURSDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO WET SNOW BEFORE MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED... BUT UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ SAGE
000 WWUS41 KBUF 150808 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 408 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007 NYZ001>008-010-011-019-085-150915- /O.CAN.KBUF.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070315T1800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 408 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. WET SNOW WILL FALL THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED TO AROUND AN INCH. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION SHOULD OCCUR ON THE COLDER GRASSY SURFACES. HOWEVER...WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK... THERE WILL BE SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR AS ROADS WILL BE WET AND SLICK. $$ TMA
Nearby
Snow Advisories in New York, 2007Every snow advisory in 2007
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.