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Frost Advisory 8, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at Sep 18, 2008, 3:19 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Sep 19, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2008, 3:19 AM EDT (07:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 19, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2008, 3:48 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 180719 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 319 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 ...FROST AND FREEZE FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION TONIGHT... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES ON THURSDAY WILL DRIFT ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK THURSDAY NIGHT. THE IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING ENCOURAGED BY THE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD FROST ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION... WITH MANY AREAS POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING SEVERAL HOURS OF SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES. NYZ006>008-012-020-021-181530- /O.UPG.KBUF.FZ.A.0001.080919T0800Z-080919T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.W.0002.080919T0800Z-080919T1200Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE... WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 319 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 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. $$ NYZ013-014-019-085-181530- /O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0008.080919T0800Z-080919T1200Z/ LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 319 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO, POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ SFM
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KBUF 181402 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1002 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 ...FROST AND FREEZE FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION TONIGHT... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SPRAWLING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON WILL SETTLE ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK TONIGHT. THE IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING ENCOURAGED BY THE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD FROST ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION... WITH MANY AREAS POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING SEVERAL HOURS OF SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES. NYZ006>008-012-020-021-182215- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0002.080919T0800Z-080919T1200Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE... WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 1002 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES AT SUNSET THIS EVENING WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID 50S...BUT THESE READINGS WILL TUMBLE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S BY MIDNIGHT BEFORE SETTLING INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S DURING THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. MOST SITES WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR A 3 TO 4 HOUR PERIOD. 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. $$ NYZ013-014-019-085-182215- /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0008.080919T0800Z-080919T1200Z/ LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1002 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES AT SUNSET THIS EVENING WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S...BUT THESE READINGS WILL TUMBLE TO NEAR 40 BY MIDNIGHT BEFORE SETTLING INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S DURING THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. SEVERAL HOURS OF WIDESPREAD FROST ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEYS AWAY FROM LAKE SHORES. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ RSH
000 WWUS71 KBUF 181942 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 342 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 ...FROST AND FREEZE FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION TONIGHT... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SPRAWLING ACROSS EASTERN CANADA THIS EVENING WILL MAKE ITS WAY TO THE NEW ENGLAND STATES BY DAYBREAK. THE IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING ENCOURAGED BY THE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD FROST ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION... WITH MANY AREAS POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING SEVERAL HOURS OF SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES. NYZ006>008-012-020-021-190345- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0002.080919T0800Z-080919T1200Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE... WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 342 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES AT SUNSET THIS EVENING WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID 50S...BUT THESE READINGS WILL TUMBLE INTO THE UPPER 30S BY MIDNIGHT BEFORE SETTLING INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S DURING THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. MOST SITES WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR A 1 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD WITH UP TO 5 HOURS FOR SOME SITES EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. 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. $$ NYZ013-014-019-085-190345- /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0008.080919T0800Z-080919T1200Z/ LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 342 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES AT SUNSET THIS EVENING WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S...BUT THESE READINGS WILL TUMBLE TO NEAR 40 BY MIDNIGHT BEFORE SETTLING INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S DURING THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. SEVERAL HOURS OF WIDESPREAD FROST ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEYS AWAY FROM LAKE SHORES. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ RSH
000 WWUS71 KBUF 190135 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 935 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 ...FROST AND FREEZE FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION TONIGHT... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SPRAWLING ACROSS EASTERN CANADA THIS EVENING WILL MAKE ITS WAY TO THE NEW ENGLAND STATES BY DAYBREAK. THE IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING ENCOURAGED BY THE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD FROST ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION... WITH MANY AREAS POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING SEVERAL HOURS OF SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES. NYZ006>008-012-020-021-190945- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0002.080919T0800Z-080919T1200Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE... WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 935 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES AT SUNSET THIS EVENING WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID 50S...BUT THESE READINGS WILL TUMBLE INTO THE UPPER 30S BY MIDNIGHT BEFORE SETTLING INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S DURING THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. MOST SITES WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR A 1 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD WITH UP TO 5 HOURS FOR SOME SITES EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. 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. $$ NYZ013-014-019-085-190945- /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0008.080919T0800Z-080919T1200Z/ LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 935 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES AT SUNSET THIS EVENING WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S...BUT THESE READINGS WILL TUMBLE TO NEAR 40 BY MIDNIGHT BEFORE SETTLING INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S DURING THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. SEVERAL HOURS OF WIDESPREAD FROST ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEYS AWAY FROM LAKE SHORES. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$
000 WWUS71 KBUF 190748 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 348 AM EDT FRI SEP 19 2008 ...WIDESPREAD FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES NO LONGER EXPECTED... .CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS UNDER HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW FOR CHILLY TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION...BUT READINGS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS COLD AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED FROST WILL OCCUR IN SOUTHERN TIER VALLEYS AROUND DAYBREAK WITH FROST MORE COMMON EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO...BUT FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE FROST/FREEZE HEADLINES HAVE BEEN DROPPED. NYZ006>008-012-020-021-190900- /O.CAN.KBUF.FZ.W.0002.080919T0800Z-080919T1200Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE... WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 348 AM EDT FRI SEP 19 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS UNDER HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW FOR CHILLY TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION...BUT READINGS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS COLD AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED FROST WILL OCCUR IN SOUTHERN TIER VALLEYS AROUND DAYBREAK WITH FROST MORE COMMON EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO...BUT FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE FREEZE HEADLINE HAS BEEN DROPPED. $$ NYZ013-014-019-085-190900- /O.CAN.KBUF.FR.Y.0008.080919T0800Z-080919T1200Z/ LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 348 AM EDT FRI SEP 19 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS UNDER HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW FOR CHILLY TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION...BUT READINGS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS COLD AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. THERE MAY BE A FEW ISOLATED POCKETS OF FROST...BUT IT WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN ADVISORY. $$ TJP/SFM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 8:07 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 113 min | |
| Sep 18, 3:19 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, Wyoming | 24 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.