Alert archive / New York / Freeze Watches in 2012
Freeze Watch 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this freeze watch at Apr 12, 2012, 4:32 AM EDT for 11 counties in New York. It took effect at Apr 13, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2012, 4:32 AM EDT (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2012, 11:35 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 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
476 WWUS71 KBUF 120832 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 432 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 NYZ001>006-010-011-013-014-019-085-121645- /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.A.0003.120413T0600Z-120413T1300Z/ 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 432 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...PORTIONS OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER AND GENESEE VALLEY...AND THE FINGER LAKES REGION. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER IN THE 20S AWAY FROM THE LAKES TO THE LOWER 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 WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ TMA
1 follow-up statement
597 WWUS71 KBUF 121535 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1135 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 NYZ001>006-010-011-013-014-019-085-122345- /O.UPG.KBUF.FZ.A.0003.120413T0600Z-120413T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.W.0007.120413T0400Z-120413T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1135 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...PORTIONS OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER AND GENESEE VALLEY...AND THE FINGER LAKES REGION. * TIMING...GREATEST COVERAGE AREA OF FREEZING AND SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH AN HOUR AFTER SUNRISE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AWAY FROM THE LAKES TO THE LOWER 30S ALONG THE LAKE SHORES. * IMPACTS...FRUIT TREES THAT HAVE BUDDED OUT EARLY AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO TEMPERATURES THIS COLD. IF YOU HAVE SENSITIVE VEGETATION...YOU SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOUR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ THOMAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 11:35 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe and 5 more | 21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.