Alert archive / New York / Freeze Warnings in 2008
Freeze Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this freeze warning at Oct 18, 2008, 3:18 AM EDT for 10 counties in New York. It took effect at Oct 19, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2008, 3:18 AM EDT (07:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 1682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 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 180718 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 318 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008 NYZ001>005-010-011-013-014-019-085-181530- /O.UPG.KBUF.FZ.A.0002.081019T0800Z-081019T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.W.0004.081019T0800Z-081019T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0014.081018T0800Z-081018T1200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 318 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT WIND. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO THE MID AND LOW 30S OVER MUCH OF THE REGION WITH THE FORMATION OF AREAS OF FROST. TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BECOME CENTERED OVER THE REGION...RESULTING IN CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS EARLY FALL SEASON ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...WITH LOWS AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS THE MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA. AREAS IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE LAKE SHORE MAY REMAIN A BIT WARMER IN THE MID 30S....BUT WITH LIGHT EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS BLOWING OFFSHORE...IT WILL STILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR FROST NEAR THE LAKE SHORES. 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. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBUF 180728 CCA NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 327 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008 NYZ001>005-010-011-013-014-019-085-181545- /O.UPG.KBUF.FZ.A.0002.081019T0800Z-081019T1200Z/ /O.COR.KBUF.FZ.W.0004.081019T0800Z-081019T1200Z/ /O.COR.KBUF.FR.Y.0014.081018T0800Z-081018T1200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 327 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT WIND. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO THE MID AND LOW 30S OVER MUCH OF THE REGION WITH THE FORMATION OF AREAS OF FROST. TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BECOME CENTERED OVER THE REGION...RESULTING IN CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS EARLY FALL SEASON ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...WITH LOWS AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS THE MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. AREAS IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE LAKE SHORE MAY REMAIN A BIT WARMER IN THE MID 30S....BUT WITH LIGHT EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS BLOWING OFFSHORE...IT WILL STILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR FROST NEAR THE LAKE SHORES. 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. $$
000 WWUS71 KBUF 181214 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 814 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008 NYZ001>005-010-011-013-014-019-085-182015- /O.EXP.KBUF.FR.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081018T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0004.081019T0800Z-081019T1200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 814 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. MOST OF THE REGION EXPERIENCED A LIGHT FROST THIS MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER AND MID 30S. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS EARLY FALL SEASON ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...WITH LOWS AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS THE MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. AREAS IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE LAKE SHORE MAY REMAIN A BIT WARMER IN THE MID 30S....BUT WITH LIGHT EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS BLOWING OFFSHORE...IT WILL STILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR FROST NEAR THE LAKE SHORES. 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. 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. $$ SFM
000 WWUS71 KBUF 181914 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 314 PM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008 NYZ001>005-010-011-013-014-019-085-190315- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0004.081019T0800Z-081019T1200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 314 PM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. MOST OF THE REGION EXPERIENCED A LIGHT FROST THIS MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER AND MID 30S. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS EARLY FALL SEASON ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE CRESTS OVER THE REGION...WITH LOWS AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. LOCATIONS NEAR THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE AND IN THE URBAN CORES OF BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER MAY REMAIN IN THE MID 30S...BUT SOME FROST IS LIKELY EVEN THERE. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$
000 WWUS71 KBUF 190106 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 906 PM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008 NYZ001>005-010-011-013-014-019-085-190915- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0004.081019T0800Z-081019T1200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 906 PM EDT SAT OCT 18 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS EARLY FALL SEASON ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE CRESTS OVER THE REGION...WITH LOWS AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. LOCATIONS NEAR THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE AND IN THE URBAN CORES OF BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER MAY REMAIN IN THE MID 30S... BUT SOME FROST IS LIKELY EVEN THERE. 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. $$
000 WWUS71 KBUF 190742 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 342 AM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 NYZ001>005-010-011-013-014-019-085-191200- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0004.081019T0800Z-081019T1200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 342 AM EDT SUN OCT 19 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WITH LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES HAVE BROUGHT TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING IN MANY AREAS ACROSS WESTERN NEW THIS MORNING. LOWS AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. LOCATIONS NEAR THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE AND IN THE URBAN CORES OF BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER MAY REMAIN IN THE MID 30S... BUT SOME FROST IS LIKELY EVEN THERE. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 8:23 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:11 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 12 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in New York, 2008Every freeze warning in 2008
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.