Alert archive / New York / Freeze Warnings in 2020
Freeze Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this freeze warning at May 9, 2020, 1:41 PM EDT for 12 counties in New York. It took effect at May 9, 2020, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2020, 1:41 PM EDT (17:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2020, 11:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2020, 7:40 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
907 WWUS71 KBUF 091741 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 141 PM EDT Sat May 9 2020 NYZ001>006-010>014-019-085-100145- /O.NEW.KBUF.FZ.W.0004.200510T0300Z-200510T1400Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Northern Erie- Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-Southern Erie- Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Rochester, Newark, Fair Haven, Oswego, Buffalo, Batavia, Warsaw, Geneseo, Canandaigua, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville 141 PM EDT Sat May 9 2020 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, and Chautauqua counties. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 10 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ TMA
4 follow-up statements
072 WWUS71 KBUF 092131 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 531 PM EDT Sat May 9 2020 NYZ001>006-010>014-019-085-100600- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0004.200510T0300Z-200510T1400Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Northern Erie- Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-Southern Erie- Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Rochester, Newark, Fair Haven, Oswego, Buffalo, Batavia, Warsaw, Geneseo, Canandaigua, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville 531 PM EDT Sat May 9 2020 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, and Chautauqua counties. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 10 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
710 WWUS71 KBUF 100242 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1042 PM EDT Sat May 9 2020 NYZ001>006-010>014-019-085-101100- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0004.200510T0300Z-200510T1400Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Northern Erie- Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-Southern Erie- Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Rochester, Newark, Fair Haven, Oswego, Buffalo, Batavia, Warsaw, Geneseo, Canandaigua, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville 1042 PM EDT Sat May 9 2020 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, and Chautauqua counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
465 WWUS71 KBUF 101025 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 625 AM EDT Sun May 10 2020 NYZ001>006-010>014-019-085-101400- /O.CON.KBUF.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-200510T1400Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Northern Erie- Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-Southern Erie- Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Rochester, Newark, Fair Haven, Oswego, Buffalo, Batavia, Warsaw, Geneseo, Canandaigua, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville 625 AM EDT Sun May 10 2020 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s early this morning. * WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, and Chautauqua counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ JLA
576 WWUS71 KBUF 101140 NPWBUF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 740 AM EDT Sun May 10 2020 NYZ001>006-010>014-019-085-101245- /O.CAN.KBUF.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-200510T1400Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Northern Erie- Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-Southern Erie- Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Rochester, Newark, Fair Haven, Oswego, Buffalo, Batavia, Warsaw, Geneseo, Canandaigua, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville 740 AM EDT Sun May 10 2020 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... Temperatures are warming above freezing this morning. $$ TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:17 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Jefferson, Oswego, Wayne | 18 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.