Alert archive / New York / High Wind Watches in 2014
High Wind Watch 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this high wind watch at Dec 23, 2014, 4:09 AM EST for 8 counties in New York. It took effect at Dec 24, 2014, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2014, 4:09 AM EST (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2014, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2014, 3:33 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
161 WWUS71 KBUF 230909 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 409 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 NYZ001-002-010-011-019-085-231715- /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.A.0005.141225T0300Z-141225T2100Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 409 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...ERIE...GENESEE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE WINDS WOULD ALSO MAKE DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...HOLIDAY DECORATIONS COULD BE DAMAGED AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS COULD BE BLOWN AWAY. 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. && $$ NYZ007-231715- /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.A.0005.141225T0900Z-141226T0000Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 409 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON COUNTY. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE WINDS WOULD ALSO MAKE DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...HOLIDAY DECORATIONS COULD BE DAMAGED AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS COULD BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS TO DEVELOP. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. IF A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED...STAY INSIDE...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BE PREPARED FOR TREES BLOCKING ROADWAYS AND POWER OUTAGES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR THE OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ TMA
2 follow-up statements
496 WWUS71 KBUF 231434 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 934 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 NYZ003-012-232245- /O.EXA.KBUF.HW.A.0005.141225T0300Z-141225T2100Z/ MONROE-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WARSAW 934 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...MONROE AND WYOMING COUNTIES. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE WINDS WOULD ALSO MAKE DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...HOLIDAY DECORATIONS COULD BE DAMAGED IF THEY ARE NOT SECURELY TIED DOWN. 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. && $$ NYZ001-002-010-011-019-085-232245- /O.CON.KBUF.HW.A.0005.141225T0300Z-141225T2100Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 934 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...ERIE...GENESEE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE WINDS WOULD ALSO MAKE DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...HOLIDAY DECORATIONS COULD BE DAMAGED IF THEY ARE NOT SECURELY TIED DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS TO DEVELOP. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. IF A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED...STAY INSIDE...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BE PREPARED FOR TREES BLOCKING ROADWAYS AND POWER OUTAGES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR THE OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ007-232245- /O.CON.KBUF.HW.A.0005.141225T0900Z-141226T0000Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 934 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON COUNTY. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE WINDS WOULD ALSO MAKE DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...HOLIDAY DECORATIONS COULD BE DAMAGED IF THEY ARE NOT SECURELY TIED DOWN. 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. && $$ HITCHCOCK
591 WWUS71 KBUF 232033 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 333 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 NYZ001>003-010>012-019-085-240445- /O.UPG.KBUF.HW.A.0005.141225T0300Z-141225T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.W.0005.141225T0100Z-141225T2100Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA- SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 333 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE HIGH WIND WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA...ERIE...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...GENESEE... WYOMING...AND MONROE COUNTIES. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...HOLIDAY DECORATIONS WILL BE DAMAGED IF THEY ARE NOT SECURELY TIED DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES BE EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ007-240445- /O.UPG.KBUF.HW.A.0005.141225T0900Z-141226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.W.0005.141225T0600Z-141226T0000Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 333 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE HIGH WIND WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON COUNTY. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...HOLIDAY DECORATIONS WILL BE DAMAGED IF THEY ARE NOT SECURELY TIED DOWN. 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. && $$ NYZ013-014-020-021-240445- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0014.141225T0300Z-141225T2100Z/ LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE 333 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO...CATTARAUGUS...AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY BRING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MAY BE DAMAGED IF THEY ARE NOT SECURELY TIED DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ004>006-008-240445- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0014.141225T0600Z-141226T0000Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...LOWVILLE 333 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY BRING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MAY BE DAMAGED IF THEY ARE NOT SECURELY TIED DOWN. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 5:40 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:33 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara and 2 more | 42 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:33 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston and 3 more | 45 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:36 PM EST | Lakeshore Flood Watch | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 21 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:45 PM EST | Gale Warning | BUF | 54 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in New York, 2014Every high wind watch in 2014
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.