Alert archive / New York / High Wind Watches in 2014
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this high wind watch at Apr 28, 2014, 9:28 AM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Apr 29, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2014, 9:28 AM EDT (13:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 3:31 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 1430 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
594 WWUS71 KBUF 281328 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 928 AM EDT MON APR 28 2014 NYZ019-085-282130- /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.A.0002.140429T1000Z-140429T2100Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 928 AM EDT MON APR 28 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE AND NEAR NORTHWARD FACING SLOPES. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY WHERE WINDS WILL BE BLOWING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS TO DEVELOP. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. IF A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED...STAY INSIDE...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BE PREPARED FOR TREES BLOCKING ROADWAYS AND POWER OUTAGES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR THE OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ HITCHCOCK
1 follow-up statement
468 WWUS71 KBUF 281931 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 331 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014 NYZ019-085-290345- /O.UPG.KBUF.HW.A.0002.140429T1000Z-140429T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.W.0003.140429T1200Z-140429T2100Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 331 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM EDT TUESDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE HIGH WIND WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE AND NEAR NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. * TIMING...EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WIND GUSTS EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY WHERE WINDS WILL BE BLOWING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES BE EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ010>012-020-290345- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0010.140429T1200Z-140429T2100Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...OLEAN 331 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN ERIE...GENESEE...WYOMING...AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED NEAR NORTH FACING SLOPES SOUTH OF BUFFALO AND BATAVIA. * TIMING...EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WIND GUSTS EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY BRING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 61 hr | |
| Apr 28, 9:28 AM EDT | Gale Watch | BUF | 6 hr | |
| Apr 28, 3:31 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 25 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:31 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 25 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:43 PM EDT | Gale Warning | BUF | 25 hr |
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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.