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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 18, 20124 counties in New York

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 464 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 7:29 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany, Ontario, Wayne46 min
Jan 17, 7:55 PM ESTLakeshore Flood WarningBUFChautauqua, Erie3 hr
Jan 17, 9:55 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF18 hr
Jan 17, 10:34 PM ESTWind AdvisoryBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 6 more4 hr
Jan 18, 4:03 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF45 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.