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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Buffalo, NY

April 20, 2015Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Apr 20, 2015, 1:25 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2015, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 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, 5.4 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 2015-04-20Temperature 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 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 2015-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
836 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.

343 
WWUS71 KBUF 201725
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
125 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

NYZ007-008-202300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0005.150420T1725Z-150420T2300Z/
JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
125 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS...THE BLACK RIVER VALLEY IN JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
922 
WWUS71 KBUF 201727 CCA
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
127 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

NYZ007-008-202300-
/O.COR.KBUF.WI.Y.0005.150420T1727Z-150420T2300Z/
JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
127 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS...THE BLACK RIVER VALLEY IN JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

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.

&&

$$
412 
WWUS71 KBUF 202300
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
700 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

NYZ007-008-210000-
/O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150420T2300Z/
JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
700 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS ALONG THE BLACK RIVER VALLEY IN JEFFERSON AND LEWIS
COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie47 min
Apr 20, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Monroe, Orleans, Wyoming50 min
Apr 20, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus47 min
Apr 20, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Wyoming32 min
Apr 20, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wyoming49 min
Apr 20, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Apr 20, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe45 min
Apr 20, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany50 min
Apr 20, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany47 min

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.