Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2012, 2:20 AM EST for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2012, 2:20 AM EST (07:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2012, 6:28 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:21 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 464 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 521 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
681 WWUS71 KBUF 180720 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 220 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 NYZ005>008-181200- /O.CAN.KBUF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0006.120118T0720Z-120118T1200Z/ NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN... LOWVILLE 220 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK AND THE NORTH COUNTRY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO FALL...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY ALSO BE HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY FOR 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. && $$ NYZ001>004-010>014-019>021-085-180830- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120118T1100Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING- LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 220 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. HOWEVER...FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. $$
1 follow-up statement
160 WWUS71 KBUF 181128 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 628 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 NYZ005>008-181230- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120118T1200Z/ NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN... LOWVILLE 628 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WHILE WINDS WILL STILL GUST TO 35 MPH AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING...DAMAGING WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ RSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 7:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Ontario, Wayne | 46 min |
| Jan 17, 7:55 PM EST | Lakeshore Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 9:55 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 18 hr | |
| Jan 17, 10:34 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 18, 4:03 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 45 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.