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Special Marine Warning 46, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 17, 2002

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at Jun 17, 2002, 2:51 PM EDT. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2002, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2002, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Jun 17, 2:20 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:20 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
ISSUED BY NWS CLEVELAND OH
220 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2002

RADARS AND SAT PIX STILL SHOWING FEW SHWRS/TSTMS ARND AT MID AFTN
AND WL LKLY HAVE TO HOLD ONTO LOW CHC ERY TNGT. CPL MORE S/W STILL
TO ROTATE ARND UPR LOW BFR IT FINALLY MOV OFF TUE NITE. ONE S/W ARVS
LATER TNGT BUT WITH MSTR DCRSG SLTLY AND LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING WL
NOT HOLD ONTO THE SHWRS OVRNGT OTHER THAN THE LNGRG SHWRS THIS EVNG.
ANOTHER VORT MAX ARRIVES VERY LATE DAY TMRW BUT LMTD MSTR SO WL KP
FCST DRY. WL SEE A LOT FAIR WX CU ARND TMRW. THEN CLRG TUE NITE AND
MSTLY SNY WED WITH SUMMERLIKE TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70S. NEXT CHC FOR
SHWRS WILL BE ON FRI WITH APCHG CDFNT. MAV/FWC GUID FAIR CLOSE ON
LOWS BUT PREFER SLGTLY COOLER MAV TEMPS SPCLY WED.

.BUF...NONE.

WCR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:55 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
ISSUED BY NWS BINGHAMTON NY
155 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2002

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL MOVING INTO THE AREA...

AT 149 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH PEA SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL
RAIN...NEAR NORTH TONAWANDA....MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CLARENCE CENTER AND HARRIS HILL AT 215 PM.
AKRON AT 230 PM.
CORFU AND OAKFIELD AT 245 PM.

RRM/RB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara49 min
Jun 17, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF107 min
Jun 17, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara39 min
Jun 17, 3:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFErie, Niagara3 hr
Jun 17, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF45 min

Nearby

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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.