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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Buffalo, NY

March 10, 200916 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Mar 10, 2009, 9:36 PM EDT for 16 counties in New York. It took effect at Mar 11, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2009, 9:36 PM EDT (01:36 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 11, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 11, 2009, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 00:00Z on 2009-03-11Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2009-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 468 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
468 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
519 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 110136
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
936 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN WILL INTENSIFY AS IT
MOVES INTO ONTARIO OVERNIGHT...REACHING QUEBEC BY WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL SWEEP A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE
AREA FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
45 TO 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-110945-
/O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.090311T1000Z-090312T0000Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO...
BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...
ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
936 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. 

DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL SWEEP A STRONG COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH BEHIND
THE FRONT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MID WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

A 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.

$$

NYZ003>008-013-014-110945-
/O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.090311T1200Z-090312T0200Z/
MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-LIVINGSTON-
ONTARIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...
OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA
936 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. 

DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL SWEEP A STRONG COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH BEHIND
THE FRONT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

A 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.

$$

TMA
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KBUF 110737
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
337 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO QUEBEC TODAY AND SWEEP A
STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST THIS MORNING.
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO
25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. THE WINDS SUBSIDE THIS
EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.

NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-111545-
/O.EXT.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.090311T1200Z-090312T0000Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO...
BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...
ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
337 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
EDT THIS EVENING. 

LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO QUEBEC WILL SWEEP A STRONG
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH BEHIND
THE FRONT. THE WINDS SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
IN.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH AND MAY
CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

NYZ003>005-013-014-111545-
/O.EXT.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.090311T1400Z-090312T0100Z/
MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...
GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA
337 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO QUEBEC WILL SWEEP A STRONG
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH BEHIND
THE FRONT. THE WINDS SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
IN.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH AND MAY
CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

NYZ006>008-111545-
/O.EXT.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.090311T1600Z-090312T0200Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
337 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM EDT
THIS EVENING. 

LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO QUEBEC WILL SWEEP A STRONG
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH BEHIND
THE FRONT. THE WINDS SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
IN.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH AND MAY
CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$
000 
WWUS71 KBUF 111937
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
337 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE AT 25
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS
SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.

NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-120000-
/O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090312T0000Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO...
BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...
ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
337 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE AT 25
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS
SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH AND MAY
CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

NYZ003>005-013-014-120100-
/O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090312T0100Z/
MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...
GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA
337 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

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

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

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE AT 25
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS
SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH AND MAY
CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

NYZ006>008-120200-
/O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090312T0200Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
337 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE AT 25
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS
SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH AND MAY
CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$
000 
WWUS71 KBUF 112350
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
750 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...

NYZ003>005-013-014-120100-
/O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090312T0100Z/
MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...
GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA
750 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

$$

NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-120100-
/O.EXP.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090312T0000Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO...
BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...
ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
750 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

$$

NYZ006>008-120200-
/O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090312T0200Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
750 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
OF 45 TO 50 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER
THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH AND MAY
CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

TMA
000 
WWUS71 KBUF 120157
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
957 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT...

NYZ006>008-120300-
/O.EXP.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090312T0200Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
957 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT.

$$

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 2:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus24 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.