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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this heat advisory at Sep 7, 2016, 12:19 PM EDT for Monroe County, Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It took effect at Sep 7, 2016, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2016, 12:19 PM EDT (16:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 7, 2016, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 460 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
079 WWUS71 KBUF 071619 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1219 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2016 NYZ001>003-072200- /O.NEW.KBUF.HT.Y.0002.160907T1700Z-160907T2200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER 1219 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA...ORLEANS AND MONROE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...AS HIGH AS 100. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS. PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXPOSURE OR STRENUOUS ACTIVITY MAY RESULT IN HEAT EXHAUSTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ SMITH
2 follow-up statements
877 WWUS71 KBUF 072106 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 506 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2016 NYZ001>003-080000- /O.EXT.KBUF.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160908T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER 506 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA...ORLEANS AND MONROE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...AS HIGH AS 100. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS. PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXPOSURE OR STRENUOUS ACTIVITY MAY RESULT IN HEAT EXHAUSTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ WOOD
162 WWUS71 KBUF 072347 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 747 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2016 NYZ001>003-080100- /O.EXP.KBUF.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160908T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER 747 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... TEMPERATURES AND ASSOCIATED HEAT INDICES HAVE STARTED TO FALL WITH THE SETTING SUN AND HAZARDOUS HEAT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. $$ WOOD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 5:11 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 27 hr |
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.