Alert archive / New York / Wind Chill Advisories in 2021
Wind Chill Advisory 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this wind chill advisory at Mar 1, 2021, 3:32 AM EST for Lewis County, New York. It took effect at Mar 1, 2021, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2021, 3:32 AM EST (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2021, 11:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2021, 9:35 AM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 432 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
018 WWUS41 KBUF 010832 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 332 AM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 NYZ008-011700- /O.NEW.KBUF.WC.Y.0003.210302T0400Z-210302T1500Z/ Lewis- Including the city of Lowville 332 AM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 25 below zero. * WHERE...Lewis county. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 10 AM EST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This is a potentially dangerous situation to be outdoors. If you must be outside, be sure to cover all exposed skin. Frostbite can occur in 30 minutes or less with apparent temperatures of 15 below zero or colder. && $$
4 follow-up statements
557 WWUS41 KBUF 011813 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 113 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 NYZ008-020215- /O.CON.KBUF.WC.Y.0003.210302T0400Z-210302T1500Z/ Lewis- Including the city of Lowville 113 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 25 below zero. * WHERE...Lewis county. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 10 AM EST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This is a potentially dangerous situation to be outdoors. If you must be outside, be sure to cover all exposed skin. Frostbite can occur in 30 minutes or less with apparent temperatures of 15 below zero or colder. && $$
683 WWUS41 KBUF 020220 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 920 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 NYZ008-021030- /O.CON.KBUF.WC.Y.0003.210302T0400Z-210302T1500Z/ Lewis- Including the city of Lowville 920 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 25 below zero. * WHERE...Lewis county. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 10 AM EST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This is a potentially dangerous situation to be outdoors. If you must be outside, be sure to cover all exposed skin. Frostbite can occur in 30 minutes or less with apparent temperatures of 15 below zero or colder. && $$ Hitchcock
080 WWUS41 KBUF 021006 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 506 AM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 NYZ008-021500- /O.CON.KBUF.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210302T1500Z/ Lewis- Including the city of Lowville 506 AM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 25 below zero. * WHERE...Lewis county. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST this morning. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This is a potentially dangerous situation to be outdoors. If you must be outside, be sure to cover all exposed skin. Frostbite can occur in 30 minutes or less with apparent temperatures of 15 below zero or colder. && $$ TMA
072 WWUS41 KBUF 021435 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 935 AM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 NYZ008-021545- /O.CAN.KBUF.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210302T1500Z/ Lewis- Including the city of Lowville 935 AM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Dangerously low wind chill values from earlier this morning will give way to values in the positive single digits and low teens for the remainder of the day...as the mercury will slowly moderate to within a few degrees of 20. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 1:41 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 3:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe and 3 more | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 4:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Ontario | 43 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.