Alert archive / New York / Heat Advisories in 2012
Heat Advisory 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this heat advisory at Jul 17, 2012, 11:55 AM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 17, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2012, 11:55 AM EDT (15:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 17, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2012, 5:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
086 WWUS71 KBUF 171555 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1155 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 NYZ003>005-013-014-172200- /O.NEW.KBUF.HT.Y.0003.120717T1800Z-120717T2200Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 1155 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...GENESEE VALLEY AND NORTHERN FINGER LAKES REGION. * TIMING...EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...AROUND 100. * IMPACTS...HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON COULD IMPACT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS. HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BEGIN TO BE SEEN. IF YOU ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT...LIMIT YOUR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ THOMAS/TJP
2 follow-up statements
717 WWUS71 KBUF 172010 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 410 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 NYZ003>005-013-014-172200- /O.CON.KBUF.HT.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120717T2200Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 410 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...GENESEE VALLEY AND NORTHERN FINGER LAKES REGION. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...AS HIGH AS 100. * IMPACTS...HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 DEGREES THIS LATE AFTERNOON COULD IMPACT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS. HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BEGIN TO BE SEEN. IF YOU ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT...LIMIT YOUR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ THOMAS
907 WWUS71 KBUF 172154 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 554 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 NYZ003>005-013-014-172300- /O.CAN.KBUF.HT.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120717T2200Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 554 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE HEAT ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY FALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. $$ APFFEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 89 min | |
| Jul 17, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 45 min |
Nearby
Heat Advisories in New York, 2012Every heat advisory in 2012
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.