Alert archive / New York / Freeze Warnings in 2013
Freeze Warning 7, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this freeze warning at Oct 23, 2013, 3:50 AM EDT for 11 counties in New York. It took effect at Oct 24, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Oct 23, 2013, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 24, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2013, 7:42 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 1360 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
750 WWUS71 KBUF 230750 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 350 AM EDT WED OCT 23 2013 NYZ002>005-011-013-014-231600- /O.UPG.KBUF.FZ.A.0004.131024T0500Z-131024T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.W.0007.131024T0500Z-131024T1300Z/ ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...NEWARK... FAIR HAVEN...BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 350 AM EDT WED OCT 23 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...ORLEANS...MONROE...WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA... GENESEE...LIVINGSTON AND ONTARIO COUNTIES. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS LEFT UNPROTECTED. 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. && $$ NYZ001-231600- /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.W.0007.131024T0500Z-131024T1300Z/ NIAGARA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NIAGARA FALLS 350 AM EDT WED OCT 23 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA COUNTY. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING ON THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
6 follow-up statements
051 WWUS71 KBUF 231544 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1144 AM EDT WED OCT 23 2013 NYZ001>005-011-013-014-232345- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0007.131024T0500Z-131024T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON- ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 1144 AM EDT WED OCT 23 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...ORLEANS...MONROE...WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA... GENESEE...LIVINGSTON AND ONTARIO COUNTIES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIMITED TO AREAS WELL INLAND FROM THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS LEFT UNPROTECTED. 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. && $$ SMITH
574 WWUS71 KBUF 231803 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 203 PM EDT WED OCT 23 2013 NYZ006-010-019-085-240215- /O.EXA.KBUF.FZ.W.0007.131024T0500Z-131024T1300Z/ OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...JAMESTOWN... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 203 PM EDT WED OCT 23 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES WELL INLAND AWAY FROM LAKE ERIE AND OSWEGO COUNTY WELL INLAND FROM LAKE ONTARIO. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 30S WELL INLAND. * IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ001>005-011-013-014-240215- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0007.131024T0500Z-131024T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON- ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 203 PM EDT WED OCT 23 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...ORLEANS...MONROE...WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA... GENESEE...LIVINGSTON AND ONTARIO COUNTIES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIMITED TO AREAS WELL INLAND FROM THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 30S WELL INLAND. * IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS LEFT UNPROTECTED. 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. && $$ SMITH
684 WWUS71 KBUF 232052 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 452 PM EDT WED OCT 23 2013 NYZ001>006-010-011-013-014-019-085-240500- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0007.131024T0500Z-131024T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 452 PM EDT WED OCT 23 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK WELL INLAND FROM LAKE ONTARIO. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 30S WELL INLAND. * IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
892 WWUS71 KBUF 240300 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1100 PM EDT WED OCT 23 2013 NYZ001>006-010-011-013-014-019-085-241100- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0007.131024T0500Z-131024T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1100 PM EDT WED OCT 23 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK WELL INLAND FROM LAKE ONTARIO. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS LEFT UNPROTECTED. 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. && $$
941 WWUS71 KBUF 240823 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 423 AM EDT THU OCT 24 2013 NYZ001>006-010-011-013-014-019-085-241300- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-131024T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 423 AM EDT THU OCT 24 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK WELL INLAND FROM LAKE ONTARIO. * TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ TMA
547 WWUS71 KBUF 241142 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 742 AM EDT THU OCT 24 2013 NYZ001>006-010-011-013-014-019-085-241245- /O.CAN.KBUF.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-131024T1300Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 742 AM EDT THU OCT 24 2013 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE RISEN ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 4:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 48 hr | |
| Oct 23, 1:57 PM EDT | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | Oswego | 24 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in New York, 2013Every freeze warning in 2013
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.