Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2011, 1:12 PM EDT for 10 counties in New York. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2011, 1:12 PM EDT (17:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2011, 9:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
546 WWUS71 KBUF 111712 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 112 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011 NYZ001>008-010-019-085-120115- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.110411T1712Z-110412T0200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 112 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE EASTERN SHORES OF LAKE ERIE...NIAGARA FRONTIER...AND COASTAL COUNTIES OF LAKE ONTARIO. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
196 WWUS71 KBUF 120020 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 820 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011 NYZ001-002-010-019-085-120130- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110412T0200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 820 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ NYZ003>008-120200- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110412T0200Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 820 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...MONROE...WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA AND THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES. 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. && $$ THOMAS
437 WWUS71 KBUF 120149 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 949 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011 NYZ003>008-120300- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110412T0200Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 949 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ THOMAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 8:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 42 min |
Nearby
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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.