Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Apr 22, 2012, 3:38 PM EDT for 8 counties in New York. It took effect at Apr 23, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2012, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2012, 9:58 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
393 WWUS71 KBUF 221938 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 338 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 NYZ001>007-230345- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0014.120423T0800Z-120423T2000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN 338 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EDT MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...COUNTIES ALONG THE SOUTHERN LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. BE SURE TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS AND LAWN FURNITURE. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
677 WWUS71 KBUF 230236 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1036 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 NYZ008-231045- /O.EXA.KBUF.WI.Y.0014.120423T0800Z-120423T2000Z/ LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE 1036 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EDT MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...LEWIS COUNTY AND THE TUG HILL. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ001>007-231045- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0014.120423T0800Z-120423T2000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN 1036 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EDT MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...COUNTIES ALONG THE SOUTHERN LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. BE SURE TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS AND LAWN FURNITURE. 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. && $$ SMITH
593 WWUS71 KBUF 230816 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 416 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012 NYZ001>008-231630- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120423T2000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 416 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...COUNTIES ALONG THE SOUTHERN LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. BE SURE TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS AND LAWN FURNITURE. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
493 WWUS71 KBUF 230820 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 420 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012 NYZ001>003-006>008-230930- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120423T2000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 420 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ NYZ004-005-231630- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120423T2000Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN 420 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...COUNTIES ALONG THE SOUTHERN LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. BE SURE TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS AND LAWN FURNITURE. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
753 WWUS71 KBUF 231358 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 958 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012 NYZ004-005-231500- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120423T2000Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN 958 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE NOT PICKED UP AS MUCH AS ANTICIPATED AND WILL TEND TO DIMINISH DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ JJR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 4:34 AM EDT | Gale Watch | BUF | 11 hr | |
| Apr 22, 4:34 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BUF | 30 hr | |
| Apr 22, 4:34 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 3 days | |
| Apr 22, 4:36 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson and 7 more | 47 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:09 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Watch | BUF | Monroe | 9 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:53 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans | 18 hr |
| Apr 22, 6:39 PM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Warning | BUF | Monroe | 15 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in New York, 2012Every wind 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.