Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2015, 4:38 AM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It took effect at Apr 21, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2015, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2015, 7:21 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
663 WWUS71 KBUF 210838 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 438 AM EDT TUE APR 21 2015 NYZ001>003-010-011-211700- /O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0006.150421T1500Z-150422T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... BUFFALO...BATAVIA 438 AM EDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA...NORTHERN ERIE...GENESEE...ORLEANS...AND MONROE COUNTIES. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY BRING DOWN A FEW LARGE BRANCHES AND CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL MORE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ JJR
3 follow-up statements
282 WWUS71 KBUF 211639 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1239 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2015 NYZ001>003-010-011-220000- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150422T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... BUFFALO...BATAVIA 1239 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA...NORTHERN ERIE...GENESEE...ORLEANS...AND MONROE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY BRING DOWN A FEW LARGE BRANCHES AND CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL MORE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
058 WWUS71 KBUF 212005 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 405 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2015 NYZ001>003-010-011-220000- /O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150422T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... BUFFALO...BATAVIA 405 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA...NORTHERN ERIE...GENESEE...ORLEANS...AND MONROE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY BRING DOWN A FEW LARGE BRANCHES AND CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL MORE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
244 WWUS71 KBUF 212321 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 721 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2015 NYZ001>003-010-011-220030- /O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150422T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... BUFFALO...BATAVIA 721 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 1:37 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 4 days |
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.