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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Nov 21, 2015, 3:45 AM EST for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Nov 21, 2015, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 21, 2015, 3:45 AM EST (08:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 21, 2015, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 21, 2015, 9:25 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 1313 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
649 WWUS71 KBUF 210845 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 345 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 NYZ019-085-211645- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0015.151121T2300Z-151122T1200Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 345 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES...MAINLY ALONG THE LAKESHORES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MAY BRING DOWN A FEW SMALL TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN ISOLATED 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. && $$ NYZ001-010-211645- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0015.151122T0400Z-151122T1200Z/ NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...BUFFALO 345 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA AND NORTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MAY BRING DOWN A FEW SMALL TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ007-211645- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0015.151122T0600Z-151122T1500Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 345 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON COUNTY. * TIMING...FROM OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MAY BRING DOWN A FEW SMALL TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN ISOLATED 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. && $$ APFFEL
1 follow-up statement
428 WWUS71 KBUF 211425 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 925 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 NYZ019-085-212230- /O.UPG.KBUF.WI.Y.0015.151121T2300Z-151122T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.W.0007.151122T0000Z-151122T1200Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 925 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES...MAINLY ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WILL BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWERLINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES BE EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ007-212230- /O.UPG.KBUF.WI.Y.0015.151122T0600Z-151122T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.W.0007.151122T0500Z-151122T1500Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 925 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...JEFFERSON COUNTY. * TIMING...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WILL BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWERLINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES BE EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ001-010-212230- /O.UPG.KBUF.WI.Y.0015.151122T0400Z-151122T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.W.0007.151122T0300Z-151122T1200Z/ NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...BUFFALO 925 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA AND NORTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WILL BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWERLINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES BE EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ002-003-011-012-212230- /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.W.0007.151122T0300Z-151122T1200Z/ ORLEANS-MONROE-GENESEE-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...BATAVIA...WARSAW 925 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...GENESEE...ORLEANS...WYOMING...AND MONROE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WILL BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWERLINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES BE EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ NYZ004>006-212230- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0016.151122T0600Z-151122T1500Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO 925 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA...AND OSWEGO COUNTIES MAINLY ALONG THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE. * TIMING...FROM OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A FEW SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN RESULTING IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 3:41 AM EST | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 6 hr |
| Nov 21, 3:43 AM EST | Gale Warning | BUF | 30 hr | |
| Nov 21, 3:43 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 44 hr | |
| Nov 21, 9:25 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 21, 9:25 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson and 9 more | 21 hr |
| Nov 21, 9:30 AM EST | Lakeshore Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 18 hr |
| Nov 21, 12:51 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 26 hr |
| Nov 21, 12:51 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 26 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.