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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 2, 20115 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at Jun 2, 2011, 3:36 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It took effect at Jun 3, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2011, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 3, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 3, 2011, 7:25 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-02Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 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
1329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 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.

256 
WWUS71 KBUF 021936
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
336 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2011

NYZ008-012-019>021-030345-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.110603T0600Z-110603T1300Z/
LEWIS-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOWVILLE...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...
WELLSVILLE
336 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2011

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS...LEWIS...WYOMING...CHAUTAUQUA...CATTARAUGUS AND
  ALLEGANY COUNTIES.

* TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 9 AM EDT.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN AROUND THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. 

* ACROSS CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY FROST CONDITIONS ARE MAINLY ANTICIPATED
  OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY WELL AWAY FROM THE LAKESHORE
  AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU
SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO, POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
088 
WWUS71 KBUF 030217
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1017 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2011

NYZ008-012-019>021-031030-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.110603T0600Z-110603T1300Z/
LEWIS-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOWVILLE...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...
WELLSVILLE
1017 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. 

* LOCATIONS...LEWIS...WYOMING...CHAUTAUQUA...CATTARAUGUS AND 
  ALLEGANY COUNTIES. 

* TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 9 AM EDT.

* TEMPERATURES...DROPPING DOWN TO THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.

* ACROSS CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY FROST CONDITIONS ARE MAINLY 
  ANTICIPATED OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY WELL AWAY FROM 
  THE LAKESHORE AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU
SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD.

&&

$$

RSH
187 
WWUS71 KBUF 030739
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
339 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

NYZ008-012-019>021-031300-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110603T1300Z/
LEWIS-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOWVILLE...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...
WELLSVILLE
339 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS...LEWIS...WYOMING...CHAUTAUQUA...CATTARAUGUS AND 
  ALLEGANY COUNTIES. 

* TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 9 AM EDT.

* TEMPERATURES...DROPPING DOWN TO THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.

* ACROSS CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY FROST CONDITIONS ARE MAINLY 
  ANTICIPATED OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY WELL AWAY FROM 
  THE LAKESHORE AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU
SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED
PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE
AWAY FROM THE COLD.

&&

$$
278 
WWUS71 KBUF 031125
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
725 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

NYZ008-012-019>021-031230-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110603T1300Z/
LEWIS-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOWVILLE...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...
WELLSVILLE
725 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER VALLEYS AND WELL EAST OF
LAKE ONTARIO HAVE WARMED INTO THE LOWER 40S. THEREFORE...THE
THREAT FOR FROST HAS ENDED. 

$$

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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.