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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Buffalo, NY

October 6, 201113 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at Oct 6, 2011, 3:25 PM EDT for 13 counties in New York. It took effect at Oct 7, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2011, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 7, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 7, 2011, 7:36 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee 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 radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 66 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 2011-10-06Temperature 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 2011-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 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.

079 
WWUS71 KBUF 061925
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
325 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2011

NYZ001>006-010>014-019-020-085-070330-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0006.111007T0600Z-111007T1300Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE-
GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-
SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...
GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...ORCHARD PARK...
SPRINGVILLE
325 PM EDT THU OCT 6 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...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY...FINGER
  LAKES...AND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST CAUSING CONCERN FOR AGRICULTURAL 
  INTERESTS. 

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.

&&

$$

TMA
3 follow-up statements
817 
WWUS71 KBUF 070201
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1001 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2011

NYZ001>006-010>014-019-020-085-071000-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0006.111007T0600Z-111007T1300Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE-
GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-
SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...
GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...ORCHARD PARK...
SPRINGVILLE
1001 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2011

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

* LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY...FINGER LAKES...
  AND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. 

* TIMING...OVERNIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY DAYLIGHT HOURS FRIDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST CAUSING CONCERN FOR AGRICULTURAL 
  INTERESTS. 

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
288 
WWUS71 KBUF 070726
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
326 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2011

NYZ001>006-010>014-019-020-085-071300-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-111007T1300Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE-
GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-
SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...
GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...ORCHARD PARK...
SPRINGVILLE
326 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2011

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

* LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY...FINGER LAKES...
   AND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THE EARLY DAYLIGHT HOURS FRIDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST CAUSING CONCERN FOR AGRICULTURAL 
  INTERESTS. 

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.

&&

$$

THOMAS
936 
WWUS71 KBUF 071136
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
736 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2011

NYZ001>006-010>014-019-020-085-071245-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-111007T1300Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE-
GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-
SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...
GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...ORCHARD PARK...
SPRINGVILLE
736 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN REACHED OR ARE OCCURRING
NOW...AND ANY FROST THAT HAS FORMED OVERNIGHT WILL MELT WITH THE
RISING SUN AND DAYTIME HEATING. 

$$

THOMAS

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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.