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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 7, 202212 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this frost advisory at May 7, 2022, 2:28 PM EDT for 12 counties in New York. It took effect at May 8, 2022, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2022, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
In effect from
May 8, 2022, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 8, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2022-05-07Temperature 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 2022-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
1703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

034 
WWUS71 KBUF 071828
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
228 PM EDT Sat May 7 2022

NYZ001>006-010>014-019-085-080230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.220508T0600Z-220508T1200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Northern Erie-
Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Rochester, Newark,
Fair Haven, Oswego, Buffalo, Batavia, Warsaw, Geneseo, 
Canandaigua, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville
228 PM EDT Sat May 7 2022

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...

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

* WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, 
  Oswego, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, and 
  Chautauqua counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM 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. Cover
tender vegetation or bring containers inside if possible.

&&

$$

Hitchcock
3 follow-up statements
487 
WWUS71 KBUF 080214
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1014 PM EDT Sat May 7 2022

NYZ001>006-010>014-019-085-081015-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.220508T0600Z-220508T1200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Northern Erie-
Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Rochester, Newark,
Fair Haven, Oswego, Buffalo, Batavia, Warsaw, Geneseo, 
Canandaigua, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville
1014 PM EDT Sat May 7 2022

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

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

* WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, 
  Oswego, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, and 
  Chautauqua counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM 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. Cover
tender vegetation or bring containers inside if possible.

&&

$$
515 
WWUS71 KBUF 080810
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
410 AM EDT Sun May 8 2022

NYZ001>006-010>014-019-085-081200-
/O.CON.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-220508T1200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Northern Erie-
Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Rochester, Newark,
Fair Haven, Oswego, Buffalo, Batavia, Warsaw, Geneseo, 
Canandaigua, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville
410 AM EDT Sun May 8 2022

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

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

* WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, 
  Oswego, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, and 
  Chautauqua 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. Cover
tender vegetation or bring containers inside if possible.

&&

$$
992 
WWUS71 KBUF 081201
NPWBUF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
801 AM EDT Sun May 8 2022

NYZ001>006-010>014-019-085-081315-
/O.EXP.KBUF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-220508T1200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Northern Erie-
Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Rochester, Newark,
Fair Haven, Oswego, Buffalo, Batavia, Warsaw, Geneseo, 
Canandaigua, Jamestown, Orchard Park, and Springville
801 AM EDT Sun May 8 2022

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Temperatures will warm quickly this morning.

$$

Hitchcock

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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.