Alert archive / New York / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 5:18 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 69 hr | |
| Oct 15, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 92 min | |
| Oct 15, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Orleans | 31 min |
| Oct 15, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Monroe | 40 min |
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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.