Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 15, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Sep 18, 2012, 3:57 AM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It took effect at Sep 18, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2012, 3:57 AM EDT (07:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 18, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2012, 3:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
123 WWUS71 KBUF 180757 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 357 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012 NYZ008-181600- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0015.120918T1600Z-120919T0000Z/ LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE 357 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...LEWIS COUNTY...MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE TUG HILL AND WESTERN ADIRONDACK FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN SOME 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. && $$ JJR
2 follow-up statements
705 WWUS71 KBUF 181417 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1017 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012 NYZ008-182230- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0015.120918T1600Z-120919T0000Z/ LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE 1017 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...LEWIS COUNTY...MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE TUG HILL AND WESTERN ADIRONDACK FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ SMITH
829 WWUS71 KBUF 181953 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 353 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012 NYZ008-182100- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120919T0000Z/ LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE 353 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HIGHER WINDS ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF LAKE ONTARIO HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 55 min |
| Sep 18, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 58 min |
| Sep 18, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 61 min |
| Sep 18, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson, Oswego | 55 min |
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.