Alert archive / New York / Freeze Watches in 2012
Freeze Watch 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this freeze watch at Apr 4, 2012, 3:29 AM EDT for 11 counties in New York. It took effect at Apr 5, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2012, 3:29 AM EDT (07:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2012, 11:23 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties 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
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 3308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006 WWUS71 KBUF 040729 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 329 AM EDT WED APR 4 2012 NYZ001>006-010-011-013-014-019-085-041530- /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.A.0002.120405T0600Z-120405T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 329 AM EDT WED APR 4 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...PORTIONS OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER AND GENESEE VALLEY...AND THE FINGER LAKES REGION. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...POTENTIALLY AS COLD AS THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...DEPENDING UPON THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER THAT DEVELOPS TONIGHT. IF ENOUGH CLOUD COVER FORMS...READINGS COULD ACTUALLY REMAIN A LITTLE ABOVE FREEZING. * IMPACTS...FRUIT TREES THAT HAVE BUDDED OUT EARLY AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO TEMPERATURES THIS COLD. IF YOU HAVE SENSITIVE VEGETATION...YOU SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOUR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ JJR
1 follow-up statement
029 WWUS71 KBUF 041523 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1123 AM EDT WED APR 4 2012 NYZ001>006-010-011-013-014-019-085-042330- /O.UPG.KBUF.FZ.A.0002.120405T0600Z-120405T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.W.0002.120405T0600Z-120405T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1123 AM EDT WED APR 4 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...PORTIONS OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER AND GENESEE VALLEY...AND THE FINGER LAKES REGION. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S AWAY FROM THE LAKES TO LOW 30S ALONG THE LAKE SHORES. * IMPACTS...FRUIT TREES THAT HAVE BUDDED OUT EARLY AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO TEMPERATURES THIS COLD. IF YOU HAVE SENSITIVE VEGETATION...YOU SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOUR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 11:23 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe and 5 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:49 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 6 hr |
Nearby
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.