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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Buffalo, NY

October 15, 20155 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Oct 15, 2015, 10:17 AM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It took effect at Oct 15, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2015, 10:17 AM EDT (14:17 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 15, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 15, 2015, 7:44 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 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 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 5 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2015-10-15Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2015-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 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.

458 
WWUS71 KBUF 151417
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1017 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2015

NYZ001-002-010-011-019-085-152230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0008.151015T1600Z-151016T0000Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO...
BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
1017 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE SHORELINE AND NIAGARA FRONTIER.

* TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION.

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.

&&

$$

ZAFF
2 follow-up statements
943 
WWUS71 KBUF 152018
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
418 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2015

NYZ001-002-010-011-019-085-160000-
/O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151016T0000Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO...
BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
418 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE SHORELINE AND NIAGARA FRONTIER.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS MAY RESULT IN A FEW SMALL TREE LIMBS COMING
  DOWN AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD
  USE CAUTION.

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
500 
WWUS71 KBUF 152344
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
744 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2015

NYZ001-002-010-011-019-085-160045-
/O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151016T0000Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO...
BATAVIA...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
744 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 5:18 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF69 hr
Oct 15, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF92 min
Oct 15, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee, Orleans31 min
Oct 15, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee, Monroe40 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.