Alert archive / New York / Frost Advisories in 2012
Frost Advisory 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 16, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It took effect at May 17, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2012, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
777 WWUS71 KBUF 161945 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 345 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 NYZ020-021-170345- /O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0004.120517T0600Z-120517T0900Z/ CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 345 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 AM EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CATTARAUGUS AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST MAY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED TENDER AND SENSITIVE 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
062 WWUS71 KBUF 170328 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1128 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 NYZ020-021-170900- /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0004.120517T0600Z-120517T0900Z/ CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 1128 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CATTARAUGUS AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM 2 AM TO 5 AM THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST MAY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED TENDER AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 9:57 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 27 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.