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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 5, 2012, 3:03 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It took effect at May 6, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2012, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 6:47 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
617 WWUS71 KBUF 051903 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 303 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012 NYZ007-008-060315- /O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.120506T0700Z-120506T1200Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 303 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FROST MAY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO, POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ HITCHCOCK
3 follow-up statements
937 WWUS71 KBUF 060305 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1105 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012 NYZ007-008-061115- /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.120506T0700Z-120506T1200Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1105 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...LOW TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FROST MAY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ RSH
184 WWUS71 KBUF 060754 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 354 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 NYZ007-008-061200- /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120506T1200Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 354 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...LOW TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FROST MAY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$
693 WWUS71 KBUF 061047 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 647 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 NYZ007-008-061200- /O.CAN.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120506T1200Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 647 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE UPPER 30S EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL REACH THE LOWER 40S BY 8 AM EDT. THEREFORE...THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 9:52 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 9 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.