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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 9:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Oswego | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 4:30 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 57 hr | |
| Jun 20, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 35 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.