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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 20, 2020Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 20, 2020, 4:09 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It took effect at May 21, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2020, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
In effect from
May 21, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 21, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2020-05-20Temperature 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 2020-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

168 
WWUS71 KBUF 202009
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
409 PM EDT Wed May 20 2020

NYZ020-021-210415-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0004.200521T0500Z-200521T1200Z/
Cattaraugus-Allegany-
Including the cities of Olean and Wellsville
409 PM EDT Wed May 20 2020

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the low to mid 30s will result in frost
  formation. Coldest temperatures likely within sheltered valleys.

* WHERE...Cattaraugus and Allegany counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM EDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
286 
WWUS71 KBUF 210226
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1026 PM EDT Wed May 20 2020

NYZ020-021-211030-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0004.200521T0500Z-200521T1200Z/
Cattaraugus-Allegany-
Including the cities of Olean and Wellsville
1026 PM EDT Wed May 20 2020

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the mid 30s will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Cattaraugus and Allegany counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
741 
WWUS71 KBUF 210839
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
439 AM EDT Thu May 21 2020

NYZ020-021-211200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-200521T1200Z/
Cattaraugus-Allegany-
Including the cities of Olean and Wellsville
439 AM EDT Thu May 21 2020

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

* WHAT...Temperatures in the mid 30s will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Cattaraugus and Allegany counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
027 
WWUS71 KBUF 211145
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
745 AM EDT Thu May 21 2020

NYZ020-021-211245-
/O.EXP.KBUF.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-200521T1200Z/
Cattaraugus-Allegany-
Including the cities of Olean and Wellsville
745 AM EDT Thu May 21 2020

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

Temperatures will continue to warm this morning.

$$

TMA

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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.