Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Nov 13, 2015, 3:59 AM EST for 8 counties in New York. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 13, 2015, 3:59 AM EST (08:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 13, 2015, 3:32 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- 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 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 450 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
217 WWUS71 KBUF 130859 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 359 AM EST FRI NOV 13 2015 NYZ001>003-010>012-019-085-131700- /O.CAN.KBUF.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151113T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0012.151113T0859Z-151113T2000Z/ 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 359 AM EST FRI NOV 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...MONROE...ERIE...GENESEE... WYOMING...AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND COULD DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ NYZ007-131700- /O.CAN.KBUF.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151113T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0012.151113T0859Z-151113T2100Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 359 AM EST FRI NOV 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND COULD DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ006-008-131000- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151113T2100Z/ OSWEGO-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...LOWVILLE 359 AM EST FRI NOV 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ NYZ004-005-013-014-020-021-131000- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151113T1800Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 359 AM EST FRI NOV 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ RSH
3 follow-up statements
378 WWUS71 KBUF 131245 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 745 AM EST FRI NOV 13 2015 NYZ001>003-010>012-019-085-132000- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-151113T2000Z/ 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 745 AM EST FRI NOV 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...MONROE...ERIE...GENESEE... WYOMING...AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND COULD DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ NYZ007-132045- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-151113T2100Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 745 AM EST FRI NOV 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND COULD DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ RSH
712 WWUS71 KBUF 131730 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1230 PM EST FRI NOV 13 2015 NYZ001>003-010>012-019-085-131830- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-151113T2000Z/ 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 1230 PM EST FRI NOV 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. IMPACTS FROM THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... WITH GUSTS MAINLY IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE BEFORE DIMINISHING EVEN MORE OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ NYZ007-132100- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-151113T2100Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 1230 PM EST FRI NOV 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND COULD DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ CHURCH
675 WWUS71 KBUF 132032 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 332 PM EST FRI NOV 13 2015 NYZ007-132145- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-151113T2100Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 332 PM EST FRI NOV 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. IMPACTS FROM THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING... WITH GUSTS MAINLY IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE BEFORE DIMINISHING EVEN MORE OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ CHURCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 10:00 PM EST | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 5 hr |
| Nov 13, 12:38 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 9 hr | |
| Nov 13, 4:56 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 5 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in New York, 2015Every wind advisory in 2015
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.