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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 30, 200711 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Nov 30, 2007, 9:25 AM EST for 11 counties in New York. It took effect at Nov 30, 2007, 2:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 30, 2007, 9:25 AM EST (14:25 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 30, 2007, 2:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 30, 2007, 11:00 PM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 12:00Z on 2007-11-30Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2007-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
121 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 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 301425
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
925 AM EST FRI NOV 30 2007

...ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS LATER TODAY...

.A SMALL BUT POTENT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN
ONTARIO THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO THE OTTAWA VALLEY BY THIS
EVENING. A COLD FRONT TRAILING THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE
REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND THEN
SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS EVENING FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT.
THE WINDS WILL BE ENHANCED EAST AND NORTHEAST OF BOTH LAKES ERIE
AND ONTARIO AS WINDS FUNNEL UP THE LENGTH OF BOTH LAKES.


NYZ001>003-010>012-019-085-302230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0002.071130T1900Z-071201T0200Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-
SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...
SPRINGVILLE
925 AM EST FRI NOV 30 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
EST THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS
55 MPH NEAR LAKE ERIE AND THE UPPER NIAGARA RIVER...INCLUDING THE
CITY OF BUFFALO. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST EARLY THIS
EVENING AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY
ON ELEVATED ROADS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY ALSO RESULT IN
ISOLATED DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.

$$

NYZ004>007-302230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0002.071130T2100Z-071201T0400Z/
WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...
WATERTOWN
925 AM EST FRI NOV 30 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM
EST THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS
MAY GUST HAS HIGH AS 55 MPH NEAR THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE. THE WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS EVENING AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY
ON ELEVATED ROADS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY ALSO RESULT IN
ISOLATED DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.

$$

HITCHCOCK
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KBUF 302039
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
339 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007

...ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS LATER TODAY...

.A SMALL BUT POTENT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE OTTAWA
VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE EAST INTO SOUTHERN QUEBEC THIS
EVENING. A COLD FRONT TRAILING THIS LOW PRESSURE IS CROSSING THE
REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA.
THE WINDS WILL BE ENHANCED EAST AND NORTHEAST OF BOTH LAKES ERIE
AND ONTARIO AS WINDS FUNNEL UP THE LENGTH OF BOTH LAKES.

NYZ001>003-010>012-019-085-010200-
/O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071201T0200Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-
SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...
SPRINGVILLE
339 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY
EVENING WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50
MPH NEAR LAKE ERIE AND THE UPPER NIAGARA RIVER...INCLUDING THE
CITY OF BUFFALO. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA
CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE
MAY ALSO RESULT IN ISOLATED DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SPORADIC POWER
OUTAGES.

$$

NYZ004>007-010400-
/O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0002.071130T2100Z-071201T0400Z/
WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...
WATERTOWN
339 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS
MAY GUST HAS HIGH AS 55 MPH NEAR THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE. THE WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS EVENING AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA
CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE
MAY ALSO RESULT IN ISOLATED DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SPORADIC POWER
OUTAGES.

$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 30, 4:46 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more36 hr
Nov 30, 3:35 PM ESTLake Effect Snow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryBUFLewis, Oswego52 min
Nov 30, 4:27 PM ESTLake Effect Snow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryBUFLewis, Oswego13 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.