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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 1, 2017Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at Sep 1, 2017, 4:54 AM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It took effect at Sep 1, 2017, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2017, 4:54 AM EDT (08:54 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 1, 2017, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 2, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2017-09-01Temperature 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2017-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

088 
WWUS71 KBUF 010854
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
454 AM EDT Fri Sep 1 2017

NYZ008-011700-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0006.170902T0300Z-170902T1200Z/
Lewis-
Including the city of Lowville
454 AM EDT Fri Sep 1 2017

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT
SATURDAY...

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Frost
Advisory, which is in effect from 11 PM this evening to 8 AM EDT
Saturday.

* LOCATIONS...Lewis county.

* TIMING...From late this evening through early Saturday morning.

* TEMPERATURES...In the mid to upper 30s.

* IMPACTS...Sensitive outdoor plants may be damaged or killed if
  left unprotected.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory is issued when frost is expected to develop
during the growing season. If you are in the advisory area you
should take steps to protect tender vegetation. Also, potted
plants normally left outdoors should be covered or brought inside
away from the cold.

&&

$$

Wood
5 follow-up statements
074 
WWUS71 KBUF 011428
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1028 AM EDT Fri Sep 1 2017

NYZ008-012230-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0006.170902T0300Z-170902T1200Z/
Lewis-
Including the city of Lowville
1028 AM EDT Fri Sep 1 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
8 AM EDT SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...Lewis county.

* TIMING...From late this evening through early Saturday morning.

* TEMPERATURES...In the mid to upper 30s.

* IMPACTS...Sensitive outdoor plants may be damaged if left 
  unprotected.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory is issued when frost is expected to develop
during the growing season. If you are in the advisory area you
should take steps to protect tender vegetation. Also, potted
plants normally left outdoors should be covered or brought inside
away from the cold.

&&

$$
009 
WWUS71 KBUF 011741
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
141 PM EDT Fri Sep 1 2017

NYZ008-020145-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0006.170902T0300Z-170902T1200Z/
Lewis-
Including the city of Lowville
141 PM EDT Fri Sep 1 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
8 AM EDT SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...Lewis county.

* TIMING...From late this evening through early Saturday morning.

* TEMPERATURES...In the mid to upper 30s.

* IMPACTS...Sensitive outdoor plants may be damaged if left 
  unprotected.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory is issued when frost is expected to develop
during the growing season. If you are in the advisory area you
should take steps to protect tender vegetation. Also, potted
plants normally left outdoors should be covered or brought inside
away from the cold.

&&

$$
757 
WWUS71 KBUF 020002
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
802 PM EDT Fri Sep 1 2017

NYZ008-020815-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0006.170902T0300Z-170902T1200Z/
Lewis-
Including the city of Lowville
802 PM EDT Fri Sep 1 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
8 AM EDT SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...Lewis county.

* TIMING...From late this evening through early Saturday morning.

* TEMPERATURES...In the mid to upper 30s.

* IMPACTS...Sensitive outdoor plants may be damaged if left 
  unprotected.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory is issued when frost is expected to develop
during the growing season. If you are in the advisory area you
should take steps to protect tender vegetation. Also, potted
plants normally left outdoors should be covered or brought inside
away from the cold.

&&

$$
229 
WWUS71 KBUF 020805
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
405 AM EDT Sat Sep 2 2017

NYZ008-021200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170902T1200Z/
Lewis-
Including the city of Lowville
405 AM EDT Sat Sep 2 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...Lewis county.

* TIMING...Through early this morning.

* TEMPERATURES...In the mid to upper 30s.

* IMPACTS...Sensitive outdoor plants may be damaged if left 
  unprotected.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory is issued when frost is expected to develop
during the growing season. If you are in the advisory area you
should take steps to protect tender vegetation. Also, potted
plants normally left outdoors should be covered or brought inside
away from the cold.

&&

$$
916 
WWUS71 KBUF 021041
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
641 AM EDT Sat Sep 2 2017

NYZ008-021200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170902T1200Z/
Lewis-
Including the city of Lowville
641 AM EDT Sat Sep 2 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...Lewis county.

* TIMING...Through early this morning.

* TEMPERATURES...In the mid to upper 30s.

* IMPACTS...Sensitive outdoor plants may be damaged if left 
  unprotected.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory is issued when frost is expected to develop
during the growing season. If you are in the advisory area you
should take steps to protect tender vegetation. Also, potted
plants normally left outdoors should be covered or brought inside
away from the cold.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 1:50 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFMonroe, Wayne6 hr

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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.