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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Dec 11, 2015, 3:43 AM EST for 7 counties in New York. It took effect at Dec 11, 2015, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 11, 2015, 3:43 AM EST (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2015, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 1326 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
619 WWUS71 KBUF 110843 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 343 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2015 NYZ001>003-010>012-019-085-111645- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0017.151211T1600Z-151212T0000Z/ 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 343 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN NEW YORK * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES AND MAY ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION UNSECURED YARD ITEMS SUCH AS HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND TRASHCANS MAY BE BLOWN OVER. 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. && $$ WOOD
2 follow-up statements
558 WWUS71 KBUF 111603 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1103 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2015 NYZ001>003-010>012-019-085-120000- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-151212T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA- SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 1103 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN NEW YORK. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES AND MAY ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION UNSECURED YARD ITEMS SUCH AS HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND TRASHCANS MAY BE BLOWN OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
997 WWUS71 KBUF 112358 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 658 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2015 NYZ001>003-010>012-019-085-120100- /O.EXP.KBUF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-151212T0000Z/ 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 658 PM EST FRI DEC 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION. $$
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.