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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 27, 2013Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 27, 2013, 3:46 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It took effect at May 28, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2013, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
In effect from
May 28, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 28, 2013, 4:28 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-27Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 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.

569 
WWUS71 KBUF 271946
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
346 PM EDT MON MAY 27 2013

NYZ008-280345-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.130528T0500Z-130528T1100Z/
LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE
346 PM EDT MON MAY 27 2013

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM EDT TUESDAY. 

* LOCATIONS...LEWIS COUNTY. FROST MOST LIKELY ACROSS THE TUG HILL
  AND WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE ADIRONDACKS.

* TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...FROST HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE SENSITIVE
  VEGETATION. BRING SENSITIVE PLANTS INDOORS IF POSSIBLE...OR
  COVER.

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.

&&

$$

HITCHCOCK
3 follow-up statements
624 
WWUS71 KBUF 280230
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1030 PM EDT MON MAY 27 2013

NYZ008-281100-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.130528T0500Z-130528T1100Z/
LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE
1030 PM EDT MON MAY 27 2013

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...LEWIS COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE TUG HILL AND
  WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE ADIRONDACKS.

* TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...FROST HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
  COVER OR BRING SENSITIVE PLANTS INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

HITCHCOCK/JJR
761 
WWUS71 KBUF 280531
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
131 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013

NYZ008-281100-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130528T1100Z/
LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE
131 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...LEWIS COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE TUG HILL AND 
  WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE ADIRONDACKS. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...FROST HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE SENSITIVE 
  VEGETATION. COVER OR BRING SENSITIVE PLANTS INDOORS IF 
  POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

THOMAS
760 
WWUS71 KBUF 280828
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
428 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013

NYZ008-280930-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130528T1100Z/
LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE
428 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE FROST
ADVISORY. 

HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS FILTERING ACROSS THE COUNTY WILL LIMIT ANY FROST
POTENTIAL THIS EARLY MORNING.

$$

THOMAS

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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.