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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Buffalo, NY

February 17, 20087 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2008, 2:26 PM EST for 7 counties in New York. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2008, 2:26 PM EST (19:26 UTC)
Expired: Feb 18, 2008, 3:35 AM EST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 53 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 299 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KBUF 171926
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
226 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER AND UPPER
GENESEE VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...

.A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO
TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHERLY
WINDS DEVELOPING WELL AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN
TIER AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE UPPER GENESEE VALLEY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS
UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. 


NYZ012>014-019>021-085-180330-
/O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0005.080217T1926Z-080218T0900Z/
WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...
JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
226 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS
UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY WHEN SHOWERS ARE
OCCURRING.

WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31
TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION
UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

$$
TJP

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS71 KBUF 180254
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
954 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER AND
UPPER GENESEE VALLEY THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS...

.A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE STRAITS OF MICHIGAN WILL
CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS
DEVELOPING WELL AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN TIER AND
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE UPPER GENESEE VALLEY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD.

NYZ012>014-019>021-085-180900-
/O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080218T0900Z/
WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...
JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
954 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT HOURS. OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

$$

JJR

000 
WWUS71 KBUF 180835
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
335 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008


NYZ012>014-019>021-085-180945-
/O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080218T0900Z/
WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...
JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
335 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BRISK...BUT THEY HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

NYZ007-008-181200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0006.080218T0835Z-080218T1200Z/
JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
335 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG OUT OF SOUTH UNTIL A COLD FRONT
PASSES EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE. 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 17, 8:04 AM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	3 hr

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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.