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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 14, 2015Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 14, 2015, 3:37 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It took effect at May 15, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2015, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
In effect from
May 15, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 15, 2015, 7:27 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2015-05-14Temperature 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2015-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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.

447 
WWUS71 KBUF 141937
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
337 PM EDT THU MAY 14 2015

NYZ006>008-150400-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.150515T0600Z-150515T1200Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
337 PM EDT THU MAY 14 2015

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

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

* LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES...AND THE TUG HILL
  REGION OF OSWEGO COUNTY.

* TIMING...FROM OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES AND PATCHY FROST MAY RESULT IN
  DAMAGE TO 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
3 follow-up statements
225 
WWUS71 KBUF 150212
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1012 PM EDT THU MAY 14 2015

NYZ006>008-151015-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.150515T0600Z-150515T1200Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
1012 PM EDT THU MAY 14 2015

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

* LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES...AND THE TUG HILL 
  REGION OF OSWEGO COUNTY.

* TIMING...OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...LOW TEMPERATURES AND PATCHY FROST MAY RESULT IN
  DAMAGE TO 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.

&&

$$

RSH
156 
WWUS71 KBUF 150544
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
144 AM EDT FRI MAY 15 2015

NYZ006>008-151200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.150515T0600Z-150515T1200Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
144 AM EDT FRI MAY 15 2015

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

* LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES...AND THE TUG HILL 
  REGION OF OSWEGO COUNTY.

* TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* IMPACTS...LOW TEMPERATURES AND PATCHY FROST MAY RESULT IN 
  DAMAGE TO 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.

&&

$$

THOMAS
988 
WWUS71 KBUF 151127
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
727 AM EDT FRI MAY 15 2015

NYZ006>008-151230-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150515T1200Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
727 AM EDT FRI MAY 15 2015

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

THOMAS

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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.