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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 8, 20217 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 8, 2021, 4:11 AM EDT for 7 counties in New York. It took effect at May 9, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2021, 4:11 AM EDT (08:11 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 9, 2021, 6:58 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-08Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

548 
WWUS71 KBUF 080811
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
411 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

NYZ001-002-010>013-019-085-081615-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.210509T0400Z-210509T1200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Northern Erie-Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-
Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Buffalo, Batavia, 
Warsaw, Geneseo, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville
411 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

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

* WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, 
  and Chautauqua counties.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Apffel
4 follow-up statements
465 
WWUS71 KBUF 081511
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1111 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

NYZ001-002-010>013-019-085-090000-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.210509T0400Z-210509T1200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Northern Erie-Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-
Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Buffalo, Batavia, 
Warsaw, Geneseo, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville
1111 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
EDT SUNDAY...

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

* WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, 
  and Chautauqua counties.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Hitchcock
985 
WWUS71 KBUF 090017
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
817 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

NYZ001-002-010>013-019-085-090830-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.210509T0400Z-210509T1200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Northern Erie-Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-
Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Buffalo, Batavia, 
Warsaw, Geneseo, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville
817 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
EDT SUNDAY...

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

* WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, 
  and Chautauqua counties.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
365 
WWUS71 KBUF 090241
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1041 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

NYZ001-002-010>013-019-085-091100-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.210509T0400Z-210509T1200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Northern Erie-Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-
Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Buffalo, Batavia, 
Warsaw, Geneseo, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville
1041 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, 
  and Chautauqua counties.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
170 
WWUS71 KBUF 091058
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
658 AM EDT Sun May 9 2021

NYZ001-002-010>013-019-085-091200-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210509T1200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Northern Erie-Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-
Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Buffalo, Batavia, 
Warsaw, Geneseo, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville
658 AM EDT Sun May 9 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 4:10 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF19 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in New York, 2021Every frost advisory in 2021

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.