Alert archive / New York / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 9, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this freeze warning at Apr 27, 2012, 9:57 AM EDT for 16 counties in New York. It took effect at Apr 27, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2012, 9:57 AM EDT (13:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 11 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 radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:54 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, 2.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
040 WWUS71 KBUF 271357 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 957 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-272200- /O.UPG.KBUF.FZ.A.0005.120428T0500Z-120428T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.W.0009.120428T0200Z-120428T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 957 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH 9 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM THE LOWER 20S ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER AND NORTH COUNTRY...TO AROUND 30 NEAR THE LAKESHORES OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO. * IMPACTS...ANY SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ JJR
4 follow-up statements
214 WWUS71 KBUF 271914 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 314 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-280400- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0009.120428T0200Z-120428T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 314 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. * TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH 9 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM THE LOWER 20S ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER AND NORTH COUNTRY...TO AROUND 30 NEAR THE LAKESHORES OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO. * IMPACTS...ANY SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ JJR
619 WWUS71 KBUF 280203 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1003 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-281015- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120428T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1003 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM THE LOW TO MID 20S ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER AND NORTH COUNTRY...TO AROUND 30 NEAR THE LAKESHORES OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO. * IMPACTS...ANY SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ THOMAS
093 WWUS71 KBUF 280824 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 424 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-281300- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120428T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 424 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. * TIMING...THROUGH MID MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO NEAR 30. * IMPACTS...ANY SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ RSH
353 WWUS71 KBUF 281302 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 902 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-281415- /O.EXP.KBUF.FZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120428T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 902 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:06 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 7 hr |
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.