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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 4, 20148 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 4, 2014, 7:26 PM EDT for 8 counties in New York. It took effect at May 5, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2014, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
In effect from
May 5, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 5, 2014, 7:22 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 37 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2014-05-04Temperature 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2014-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 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.

551 
WWUS71 KBUF 042326
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
726 PM EDT SUN MAY 4 2014

NYZ001>003-010-011-013-014-019-085-050730-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.140505T0600Z-140505T1200Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...
ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
726 PM EDT SUN MAY 4 2014

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. 

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR PORTIONS OF
  NIAGARA...ORLEANS...MONROE...ERIE...GENESEE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO
  AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKE SHORES AND
  OUTSIDE OF URBAN AREAS.

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
  WHICH COULD DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION.

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.

&&

$$

SMITH
3 follow-up statements
068 
WWUS71 KBUF 050240
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1040 PM EDT SUN MAY 4 2014

NYZ001>003-010-011-013-014-019-085-051045-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.140505T0600Z-140505T1200Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...
ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
1040 PM EDT SUN MAY 4 2014

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT
MONDAY...

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NIAGARA...ORLEANS...MONROE... 
  ERIE...GENESEE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES 
  AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKE SHORES AND OUTSIDE OF URBAN 
  AREAS. 

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT 
  WHICH COULD DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION. 

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.

&&

$$

SMITH
431 
WWUS71 KBUF 050827
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
427 AM EDT MON MAY 5 2014

NYZ001>003-010-011-013-014-019-085-051200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140505T1200Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...
ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
427 AM EDT MON MAY 5 2014

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NIAGARA...ORLEANS...MONROE... 
  ERIE...GENESEE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES 
  AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKE SHORES AND OUTSIDE OF URBAN 
  AREAS. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD DAMAGE TENDER
  VEGETATION.

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.

&&

$$

JJR
197 
WWUS71 KBUF 051122
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
722 AM EDT MON MAY 5 2014

NYZ001>003-010-011-013-014-019-085-051230-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140505T1200Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...
ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
722 AM EDT MON MAY 5 2014

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE THREAT FOR FROST HAS ENDED...THEREFORE THE FROST ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

JJR

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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.