Alert archive / New York / Frost Advisories in 2015
Frost Advisory 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 20, 2015, 2:46 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It took effect at May 21, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2015, 2:46 PM EDT (18:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 21, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2015, 7:11 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 1202 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
973 WWUS71 KBUF 201846 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 246 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2015 NYZ008-210300- /O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0003.150521T0400Z-150521T1200Z/ LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE 246 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...LEWIS COUNTY. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TO 8 AM THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES AND 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. && $$ THOMAS
3 follow-up statements
370 WWUS71 KBUF 210202 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1002 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2015 NYZ008-211015- /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0003.150521T0400Z-150521T1200Z/ LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE 1002 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEWIS COUNTY. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TO 8 AM THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES AND FROST MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA YOU SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ APFFEL
641 WWUS71 KBUF 210612 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 212 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2015 NYZ008-211200- /O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150521T1200Z/ LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE 212 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...LEWIS COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES AND 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. && $$ NYZ012-020-021-211415- /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.A.0002.150523T0400Z-150523T1300Z/ WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 212 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...WYOMING...CATTARAUGUS AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES AND FROST WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION UNLESS PROTECTIVE MEASURES ARE TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ RSH
938 WWUS71 KBUF 211111 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 711 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2015 NYZ008-211215- /O.CAN.KBUF.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150521T1200Z/ LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LOWVILLE 711 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF FROST HAS ENDED...THEREFORE THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NYZ012-020-021-211915- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.A.0002.150523T0400Z-150523T1300Z/ WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 711 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...WYOMING...CATTARAUGUS AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES AND FROST WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION UNLESS PROTECTIVE MEASURES ARE TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ JJR/RSH
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.