Alert archive / New York / Freeze Warnings in 2015
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this freeze warning at Oct 17, 2015, 2:13 PM EDT for 11 counties in New York. It took effect at Oct 17, 2015, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2015, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2015, 11:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2015, 9:37 AM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 7:15 AM EDT | SNOW 5.5 | Hastings, NY | |
| Oct 18, 8:15 AM EDT | SNOW 6 | Parish, NY | |
| Oct 18, 9:15 AM EDT | SNOW 8 | Mexico, NY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
488 WWUS71 KBUF 171813 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 213 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2015 NYZ001>006-010-011-013-014-019-085-180215- /O.UPG.KBUF.FZ.A.0003.151018T0400Z-151018T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.W.0003.151018T0300Z-151018T1400Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 213 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE FREEZE WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA...ERIE...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...GENESEE... MONROE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO...WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA...AND OSWEGO COUNTIES. COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE FOUND INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORES. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORES. TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING MAY DAMAGE OR KILL TENDER VEGETATION IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ HITCHCOCK
4 follow-up statements
893 WWUS71 KBUF 171955 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 355 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2015 NYZ001>006-010-011-013-014-019-085-180400- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0003.151018T0300Z-151018T1400Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 355 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA...ERIE...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...GENESEE... MONROE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO...WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA...AND OSWEGO COUNTIES. COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE FOUND INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORES. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORES. TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING MAY DAMAGE OR KILL TENDER VEGETATION IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ HITCHCOCK
937 WWUS71 KBUF 180232 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1032 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2015 NYZ001>006-010-011-013-014-019-085-181100- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0003.151018T0300Z-151018T1400Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1032 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA...ERIE...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...GENESEE... MONROE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO...WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA...AND OSWEGO COUNTIES. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE FOUND INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORES. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORES. TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL DAMAGE OR KILL TENDER VEGETATION IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ HITCHCOCK/JJR
702 WWUS71 KBUF 180820 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 420 AM EDT SUN OCT 18 2015 NYZ001>006-010-011-013-014-019-085-181400- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151018T1400Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 420 AM EDT SUN OCT 18 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA...ERIE...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...GENESEE... MONROE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO...WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA...AND OSWEGO COUNTIES. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE INLAND AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORES. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL TENDER VEGETATION IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ APFFEL
786 WWUS71 KBUF 181337 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 937 AM EDT SUN OCT 18 2015 NYZ001>006-010-011-013-014-019-085-181445- /O.CAN.KBUF.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151018T1400Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 937 AM EDT SUN OCT 18 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH LATE MORNING. $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 4:01 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | BUF | Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe and 5 more | 10 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.