Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Orleans, Wyoming | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Wyoming | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wyoming | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Apr 20, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 47 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.