Alert archive / New York / Frost Advisories in 2008
Frost Advisory 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 27, 2008, 4:31 AM EDT for 7 counties in New York. It took effect at May 27, 2008, 12:32 PM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2008, 4:31 AM EDT (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2008, 12:32 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 28, 2008, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Erie County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1277 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KBUF 270831 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 431 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE SOUTHERN TIER...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES AND JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO... .HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING EAST FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL BRING CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. THE IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE MID 30S ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN TIER EAST OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...WYOMING COUNTY...INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. FROST IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THESE AREAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH 7 AM WEDNESDAY THEN TEMPS SHOULD WARM QUICKLY. NYZ007-008-012-020-021-085-271645- /O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0004.080528T0700Z-080528T1100Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS-WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...WARSAW...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 431 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS LATE TONIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE MID 30S ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. FROST IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH AROUND 7 AM WEDNESDAY. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO, POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ JJP
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBUF 271632 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1232 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE SOUTHERN TIER...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO AND INTERIOR SECTIONS OF OSWEGO COUNTY... .HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING EAST FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL BRING CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. THE IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE MID 30S ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN TIER EAST OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...WYOMING COUNTY...INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON...LEWIS AND OSWEGO COUNTIES EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. FROST IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THESE AREAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH 7 AM WEDNESDAY THEN TEMPS SHOULD WARM QUICKLY. NYZ006-280045- /O.EXA.KBUF.FR.Y.0004.080528T0700Z-080528T1100Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 1232 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS LATE TONIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE MID 30S ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. FROST IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH AROUND 7 AM WEDNESDAY. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE ADVISED AREA SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ NYZ007-008-012-020-021-085-280045- /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0004.080528T0700Z-080528T1100Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS-WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...WARSAW...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1232 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS LATE TONIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE MID 30S ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. FROST IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH AROUND 7 AM WEDNESDAY. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE ADVISED AREA SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ SAGE
000 WWUS71 KBUF 271933 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 333 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE SOUTHERN TIER...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO AND INTERIOR SECTIONS OF OSWEGO COUNTY... .HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING EAST FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL BRING CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. THE IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE MID 30S ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN TIER EAST OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...WYOMING COUNTY...INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON...LEWIS AND OSWEGO COUNTIES EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. FROST IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THESE AREAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH 7 AM WEDNESDAY THEN TEMPS SHOULD WARM QUICKLY. NYZ006>008-012-020-021-085-280345- /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0004.080528T0700Z-080528T1100Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE... WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 333 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS LATE TONIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE MID 30S ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. FROST IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH AROUND 7 AM WEDNESDAY. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE ADVISED AREA SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ SAGE
000 WWUS71 KBUF 280138 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 938 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE SOUTHERN TIER...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO AND INTERIOR SECTIONS OF OSWEGO COUNTY... .HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING EAST FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL BRING CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. THE IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE MID 30S ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN TIER EAST OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...WYOMING COUNTY...INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON...LEWIS AND OSWEGO COUNTIES EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. FROST IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THESE AREAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH 7 AM WEDNESDAY THEN TEMPS SHOULD WARM QUICKLY. NYZ006>008-012-020-021-085-280945- /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0004.080528T0700Z-080528T1100Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE... WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 938 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS LATE TONIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE MID 30S ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. FROST IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH AROUND 7 AM WEDNESDAY. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE ADVISED AREA SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$
000 WWUS71 KBUF 281118 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 718 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2008 ...QUICK WARM UP TO END FROST THREAT THIS MORNING... NYZ006>008-012-020-021-085-281230- /O.EXP.KBUF.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080528T1100Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE... WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 718 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ABUNDANT SUNSHINE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE 40S EARLY THIS MORNING...REACHING THE MID 50S BY NOONTIME. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 67 min | |
| May 26, 11:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 74 min |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in New York, 2008Every frost advisory 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.