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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 20, 20214 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind advisory at Jun 20, 2021, 2:44 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jun 21, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2021, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 21, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 21, 2021, 3:18 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 2021-06-20Temperature 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 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

040 
WWUS71 KBUF 201844
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
244 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

NYZ001-002-010-011-210400-
/O.NEW.KBUF.WI.Y.0007.210621T1400Z-210621T2200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Northern Erie-Genesee-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Buffalo, 
and Batavia
244 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Northern Erie, and Genesee counties.

* WHEN...From 10 AM to 6 PM EDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
024 
WWUS71 KBUF 210238
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1038 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

NYZ001-002-010-011-211045-
/O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0007.210621T1400Z-210621T2200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Northern Erie-Genesee-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Buffalo, 
and Batavia
1038 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EDT
MONDAY...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Northern Erie, and Genesee counties.

* WHEN...From 10 AM to 6 PM EDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
305 
WWUS71 KBUF 210828
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
428 AM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

NYZ001-002-010-011-211630-
/O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0007.210621T1400Z-210621T2200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Northern Erie-Genesee-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Buffalo, 
and Batavia
428 AM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Northern Erie, and Genesee counties.

* WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 6 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

TMA
682 
WWUS71 KBUF 211637
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1237 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

NYZ001-002-010-011-212200-
/O.CON.KBUF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-210621T2200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Northern Erie-Genesee-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Buffalo, 
and Batavia
1237 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Northern Erie, and Genesee counties.

* WHEN...Through 6 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
928 
WWUS71 KBUF 211918
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
318 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

NYZ001-002-010-011-212030-
/O.CAN.KBUF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-210621T2200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Northern Erie-Genesee-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Buffalo, 
and Batavia
318 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

While winds outside of thunderstorm activity may gust to 40 mph 
over the Niagara Frontier late this afternoon...the threat for 
widespread damaging wind gusts has ended.

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego53 min
Jun 19, 9:51 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFOswego2 hr
Jun 19, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego60 min
Jun 20, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus45 min
Jun 20, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus48 min
Jun 20, 4:30 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF57 hr
Jun 20, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua52 min
Jun 20, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua35 min

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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.