Alert archive / New York / Snow Advisories in 2007
Snow Advisory 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this snow advisory at Mar 17, 2007, 9:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2007, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2007, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 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 180112 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 912 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...SNOW IS PERSISTING IN BANDS SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO... .THE CENTER OF THE EAST COAST STORM WAS CENTERED OVER MAINE THIS EVENING BUT A NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM IS STILL PRODUCING LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKE. NYZ003>005-014-180915- /O.NEW.KBUF.SN.Y.0005.070318T0112Z-070318T1200Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... CANANDAIGUA 912 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. NARROW BANDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT FROM THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF ROCHESTER EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF MORE THAN AN INCH PER HOUR NEAR GENEVA EARLIER THIS EVENING. NEW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 7 INCH RANGE OVERNIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BUT NOT UNMANAGEABLE. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED, BUT UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ SAGE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBUF 180804 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 404 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 ...SNOW WILL PERSIST EARLY THIS MORNING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO... .THE CENTER OF THE EAST COAST STORM WAS CENTERED OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER A NORTHWEST FLOW OF COLD AIR ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM IS STILL PRODUCING LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKE. NYZ003>005-014-181200- /O.CON.KBUF.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070318T1200Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... CANANDAIGUA 404 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. NARROW BANDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST EARLY THIS MORNING FROM THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF ROCHESTER EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 8 AM WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. THIS WILL BRING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING TO 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT BANDS. THE BANDS OF LAKE ENHANCED SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN LATER THIS MORNING WITH ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AFTER 8 AM. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BUT NOT UNMANAGEABLE. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ HITCHCOCK
000 WWUS41 KBUF 181000 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 600 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 NYZ003>005-014-181100- /O.CAN.KBUF.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070318T1200Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... CANANDAIGUA 600 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY EARLY THIS MORNING...THEREFORE THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS FOR AREAS EAST OF ROCHESTER. $$ HITCHCOCK
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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.