Alert archive / New York / Freeze Warnings in 2013
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this freeze warning at May 24, 2013, 3:21 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It took effect at May 25, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2013, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2013, 6:54 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
484 WWUS71 KBUF 241921 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 321 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 NYZ019>021-250330- /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.W.0002.130525T0600Z-130525T1100Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 321 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ TMA
3 follow-up statements
344 WWUS71 KBUF 250225 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1025 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 NYZ019>021-251030- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0002.130525T0600Z-130525T1100Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 1025 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FREEZING OR SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ JJR
469 WWUS71 KBUF 250724 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 324 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 NYZ019>021-251530- /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.A.0002.130526T0500Z-130526T1100Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130525T1100Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 324 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. * TIMING...FREEZE WARNING THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR FREEZING AGAIN TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FREEZING OR SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ APFFEL
515 WWUS71 KBUF 251054 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 654 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 NYZ019>021-251900- /O.CAN.KBUF.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130525T1100Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.A.0002.130526T0500Z-130526T1100Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 654 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. * LOCATIONS...INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR FREEZING AGAIN TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FREEZING OR SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ APFFEL
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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.