Alert archive / New York / Freeze Warnings in 2013
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this freeze warning at May 25, 2013, 1:44 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It took effect at May 26, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 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 25, 2013, 1:44 PM EDT (17:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2013, 7:32 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 17:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 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
- 1168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
803 WWUS71 KBUF 251744 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 144 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 NYZ019>021-260145- /O.UPG.KBUF.FZ.A.0002.130526T0500Z-130526T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.W.0003.130526T0600Z-130526T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.A.0003.130527T0300Z-130527T1300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 144 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...MAINLY IN THE SHELTERED VALLEYS WELL INLAND FROM LAKE ERIE. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT. IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 SUNDAY NIGHT. * 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. && $$ NYZ012-085-260145- /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.A.0003.130527T0300Z-130527T1300Z/ WYOMING-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 144 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES...MAINLY IN THE SHELTERED VALLEYS INLAND FROM LAKE ERIE. * TIMING...LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FREEZING OR SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ HITCHCOCK/THOMAS
4 follow-up statements
911 WWUS71 KBUF 251951 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 351 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 NYZ019>021-260400- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0003.130526T0600Z-130526T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.A.0003.130527T0300Z-130527T1300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 351 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...MAINLY THE SHELTERED VALLEYS WELL INLAND FROM LAKE ERIE. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT. IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 SUNDAY NIGHT. * 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. && $$ NYZ012-085-260400- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.A.0003.130527T0300Z-130527T1300Z/ WYOMING-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 351 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES...MAINLY THE SHELTERED VALLEYS INLAND FROM LAKE ERIE. * TIMING...LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FREEZING OR SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ HITCHCOCK/THOMAS
452 WWUS71 KBUF 260337 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1137 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 NYZ019>021-261145- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0003.130526T0600Z-130526T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.A.0003.130527T0300Z-130527T1300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 1137 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...MAINLY THE SHELTERED VALLEYS WELL INLAND FROM LAKE ERIE. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S OVERNIGHT. IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 SUNDAY NIGHT. * 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. && $$ NYZ012-085-261145- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.A.0003.130527T0300Z-130527T1300Z/ WYOMING-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1137 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES...MAINLY THE SHELTERED VALLEYS INLAND FROM LAKE ERIE. * TIMING...LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FREEZING OR SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ RSH
776 WWUS71 KBUF 260810 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 410 AM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 NYZ019>021-261615- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130526T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.A.0003.130527T0300Z-130527T1300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 410 AM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...MAINLY THE SHELTERED VALLEYS WELL INLAND FROM LAKE ERIE. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH 8 AM AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TONIGHT. * 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. && $$ NYZ012-085-261615- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.A.0003.130527T0300Z-130527T1300Z/ WYOMING-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 410 AM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES...MAINLY THE SHELTERED VALLEYS INLAND FROM LAKE ERIE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FREEZING OR SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE OR KILL UNPROTECTED SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
238 WWUS71 KBUF 261132 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 732 AM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 NYZ019>021-261945- /O.CAN.KBUF.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130526T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KBUF.FZ.A.0003.130527T0300Z-130527T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.W.0004.130527T0500Z-130527T1200Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 732 AM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. THE FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...MAINLY THE SHELTERED VALLEYS WELL INLAND FROM LAKE ERIE. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY 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. && $$ NYZ012-085-261945- /O.UPG.KBUF.FZ.A.0003.130527T0300Z-130527T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.130527T0500Z-130527T1200Z/ WYOMING-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 732 AM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...WYOMING AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST MAY DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE...UNPROTECTED PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO, POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ NYZ013-014-261945- /O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.130527T0500Z-130527T1200Z/ LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 732 AM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...LIVINGSTON AND ONTARIO COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY THE INTERIOR VALLEYS. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID AND UPPER 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST MAY DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE...UNPROTECTED PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO, POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ NYZ008-261945- /O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.130527T0500Z-130527T1200Z/ LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE 732 AM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...LEWIS COUNTY. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID AND UPPER 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST MAY DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE...UNPROTECTED PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO, POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:24 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 10 hr |
| May 25, 1:44 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 18 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.