Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2012, 3:55 AM EDT for 10 counties in New York. It took effect at Apr 9, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2012, 3:55 AM EDT (07:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 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 97 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
580 WWUS71 KBUF 090755 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 355 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 NYZ002>006-011>014-021-091600- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0012.120409T1200Z-120409T2200Z/ ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-GENESEE-WYOMING- LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...NEWARK... FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... WELLSVILLE 355 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE GENESEE VALLEY...FINGER LAKES REGION...AND OSWEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...8 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BE ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. SUCH WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE IT HARDER TO MANEUVER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ JJR
3 follow-up statements
125 WWUS71 KBUF 091547 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1147 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 NYZ002>006-011>014-021-092200- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120409T2200Z/ ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-GENESEE-WYOMING- LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...NEWARK... FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... WELLSVILLE 1147 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE GENESEE VALLEY...FINGER LAKES REGION...AND OSWEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BE ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. SUCH WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE IT HARDER TO MANEUVER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ APFFEL
877 WWUS71 KBUF 091942 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 342 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 NYZ002>006-011>014-021-092200- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120409T2200Z/ ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-GENESEE-WYOMING- LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...NEWARK... FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... WELLSVILLE 342 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE GENESEE VALLEY...FINGER LAKES REGION...AND OSWEGO COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BE ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. SUCH WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE IT HARDER TO MANEUVER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
717 WWUS71 KBUF 092202 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 602 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 NYZ002>006-011>014-021-092315- /O.EXP.KBUF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120409T2200Z/ ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-GENESEE-WYOMING- LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...NEWARK... FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... WELLSVILLE 602 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:02 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | BUF | 14 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.