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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Oct 19, 2011, 3:49 PM EDT for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It took effect at Oct 19, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2011, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
263 WWUS71 KBUF 191949 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 349 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011 NYZ001-002-200400- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0014.111019T2200Z-111020T0800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA 349 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES. STRONGEST WINDS FROM THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE TO THE NIAGARA ESCARPMENT. * TIMING...EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ HITCHCOCK
1 follow-up statement
701 WWUS71 KBUF 200144 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 944 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011 NYZ001-002-200800- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-111020T0800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA 944 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES. STRONGEST WINDS FROM THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE TO THE NIAGARA ESCARPMENT. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ THOMAS/HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 4:00 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BUF | 24 hr | |
| Oct 19, 4:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 24 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.