Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Oct 14, 2012, 3:41 PM EDT for 7 counties in New York. It took effect at Oct 15, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 14, 2012, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 15, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2012, 10:49 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
513 WWUS71 KBUF 141941 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 341 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 2012 NYZ001>003-010-011-019-085-150345- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0016.121015T0700Z-121015T1600Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA- SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... BUFFALO...BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 341 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EDT MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...ERIE...GENESEE...CHAUTAUQUA AND MONROE COUNTIES. * TIMING...LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES...RESULTING IN SOME 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. && $$ NYZ007-150345- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0016.121015T1000Z-121015T1900Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 341 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM EDT MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON COUNTY. * TIMING...LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES...RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ REYNOLDS
3 follow-up statements
046 WWUS71 KBUF 150234 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1034 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 2012 NYZ001>003-010-011-019-085-151045- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0016.121015T0700Z-121015T1600Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA- SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... BUFFALO...BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1034 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EDT MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...ERIE...GENESEE...CHAUTAUQUA AND MONROE COUNTIES. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES...RESULTING IN SOME 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. && $$ NYZ007-151045- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0016.121015T1000Z-121015T1900Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 1034 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM EDT MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON COUNTY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES...RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
294 WWUS71 KBUF 150755 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 355 AM EDT MON OCT 15 2012 NYZ001>003-010-011-019-085-151600- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121015T1600Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA- SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... BUFFALO...BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 355 AM EDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...ERIE...GENESEE...CHAUTAUQUA AND MONROE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES...RESULTING IN SPORADIC 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. && $$ NYZ007-151600- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0016.121015T1000Z-121015T1900Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 355 AM EDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON COUNTY. * TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES...RESULTING IN SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
823 WWUS71 KBUF 151449 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1049 AM EDT MON OCT 15 2012 NYZ007-151600- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121015T1900Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 1049 AM EDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ NYZ001>003-010-011-019-085-151600- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121015T1600Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA- SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... BUFFALO...BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1049 AM EDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 4:01 AM EDT | Gale Watch | BUF | 12 hr | |
| Oct 14, 4:01 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BUF | 30 hr | |
| Oct 14, 4:01 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 40 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.