Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Jan 17, 2012, 4:15 AM EST for 16 counties in New York. It took effect at Jan 17, 2012, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2012, 4:15 AM EST (09:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2012, 9:57 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 529 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
148 WWUS71 KBUF 170915 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 415 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-171715- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.120117T2300Z-120118T1000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS- ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 415 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK. * TIMING...STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO FALL AND CREATE 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. && $$ NYZ006>008-171715- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.120118T0100Z-120118T1000Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 415 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO. * TIMING...STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY HOURS WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO FALL AND CREATE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ THOMAS
1 follow-up statement
528 WWUS71 KBUF 171457 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 957 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 NYZ003>005-013-014-021-172300- /O.UPG.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.120117T2300Z-120118T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.W.0002.120118T0000Z-120118T1800Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...WELLSVILLE 957 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. * TIMING...EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR TREE LIMBS TO FALL...CAUSING SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS BLOWING ABOUT OF SMALL DEBRIS INCLUDING TRASH CANS. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY ALSO BE HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES BE EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ001-002-010>012-019-020-085-172300- /O.UPG.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.120117T2300Z-120118T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.W.0002.120117T2200Z-120118T1500Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 957 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR TREE LIMBS TO FALL...CAUSING SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS BLOWING ABOUT OF SMALL DEBRIS INCLUDING TRASH CANS. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY ALSO BE HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES BE EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ006>008-172300- /O.UPG.KBUF.WI.Y.0004.120118T0100Z-120118T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.W.0002.120118T0000Z-120118T1800Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 957 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTH COUNTRY. * TIMING...EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR TREE LIMBS TO FALL...CAUSING SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS BLOWING ABOUT OF SMALL DEBRIS INCLUDING TRASH CANS. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY ALSO BE HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES BE EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 4:02 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Watch | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Lewis, Oswego, Wyoming | 11 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:05 AM EST | Gale Warning | BUF | 30 hr | |
| Jan 17, 4:05 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 6 hr | |
| Jan 17, 9:57 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:06 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Lewis, Oswego and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 17, 5:04 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 min | |
| Jan 17, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 37 min |
| Jan 17, 5:24 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 51 min | |
| Jan 17, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 39 min |
| Jan 17, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming | 33 min |
| Jan 17, 6:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more | 34 min |
| Jan 17, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming | 30 min |
| Jan 17, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming | 47 min |
| Jan 17, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming | 45 min |
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.