Alert archive / New York / Wind Chill Advisories in 2014
Wind Chill Advisory 11, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 7, 2014, 3:00 PM EST for 9 counties in New York. It took effect at Feb 7, 2014, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2014, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2014, 8:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2014, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
155 WWUS41 KBUF 072000 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 300 PM EST FRI FEB 7 2014 NYZ007-008-080400- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140208T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 300 PM EST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES....UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. SNOW WILL VARY IN INTENSITY AT TIMES. INCREASING WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POSSIBLE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ001-002-010>013-019>021-085-080400- /O.NEW.KBUF.WC.Y.0011.140208T0100Z-140208T1400Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON- CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 300 PM EST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...FROM LAKE ERIE TO THE GENESEE VALLEY. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS LOW AS 15 BELOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN A RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE FOR ANYONE OUTSIDE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. IF POSSIBLE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD TO PREVENT FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ RSH
3 follow-up statements
551 WWUS41 KBUF 080205 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 905 PM EST FRI FEB 7 2014 NYZ007-008-080315- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140208T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 905 PM EST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. WEAK LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY UNDER THREE INCHES. AS A RESULT...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NYZ001-002-010>013-019>021-085-081015- /O.CON.KBUF.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140208T1400Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON- CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 905 PM EST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...FROM LAKE ERIE TO THE GENESEE VALLEY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS LOW AS 15 BELOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN A RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE FOR ANYONE OUTSIDE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. IF POSSIBLE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD TO PREVENT FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ TJP
049 WWUS41 KBUF 080829 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 329 AM EST SAT FEB 8 2014 NYZ001-002-010>013-019>021-085-081400- /O.CON.KBUF.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140208T1400Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON- CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 329 AM EST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...FROM LAKE ERIE TO THE GENESEE VALLEY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS LOW AS 20 BELOW. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN A RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE FOR ANYONE OUTSIDE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. IF POSSIBLE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD TO PREVENT FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ TMA
991 WWUS41 KBUF 081402 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 902 AM EST SAT FEB 8 2014 NYZ001-002-010>013-019>021-085-081515- /O.EXP.KBUF.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140208T1400Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON- CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 902 AM EST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY IMPROVE TODAY AS TEMPERATURES MODERATE. $$ HITCHCOCK
Nearby
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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.