Alert archive / New York / Heat Advisories in 2012
Heat Advisory 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this heat advisory at Aug 4, 2012, 3:54 AM EDT for 11 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 4, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2012, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 4, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson 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), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 592 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2317 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
432 WWUS71 KBUF 040754 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 354 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012 NYZ001>007-013-014-041600- /O.NEW.KBUF.HT.Y.0004.120804T1700Z-120805T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 354 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE LOWER GENESEE VALLEY AND LAKE ONTARIO PLAIN. * TIMING...EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...AS HIGH AS 100. * IMPACTS...HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON COULD IMPACT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND ELEVATE THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES...ESPECIALLY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
613 WWUS71 KBUF 041116 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 716 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012 NYZ001>007-013-014-042045- /O.CON.KBUF.HT.Y.0004.120804T1700Z-120805T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 716 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE LOWER GENESEE VALLEY AND LAKE ONTARIO PLAIN. * TIMING...EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...AS HIGH AS 105. * IMPACTS...HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON COULD IMPACT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND ELEVATE THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES...ESPECIALLY FOR HEAT-SENSITIVE PERSONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$
712 WWUS71 KBUF 041515 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1115 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012 NYZ010-011-042315- /O.EXA.KBUF.HT.Y.0004.120804T1700Z-120805T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...BATAVIA 1115 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN ERIE AND GENESEE COUNTIES. * TIMING...EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...AS HIGH AS 100 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON COULD IMPACT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND ELEVATE THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES...ESPECIALLY FOR HEAT-SENSITIVE PERSONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NYZ001>007-013-014-042315- /O.CON.KBUF.HT.Y.0004.120804T1700Z-120805T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 1115 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE LOWER GENESEE VALLEY AND LAKE ONTARIO PLAIN. * TIMING...EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...100 TO 104 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...HEAT INDEX VALUES EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON COULD IMPACT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND ELEVATE THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES...ESPECIALLY FOR HEAT-SENSITIVE PERSONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 3:59 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 54 hr | |
| Aug 4, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 68 min |
| Aug 4, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Aug 4, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 7:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Niagara | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 65 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.