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Special Marine Warning 48, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 17, 2002

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at Jun 17, 2002, 6:15 PM EDT. It was in force for 45 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, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2002, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 45 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, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 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, 4 hours 20 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

Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO, NY
405 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0130 PM    NORTH TONAWANDA           NY   .88 INCH HAIL
06/17/02   NIAGARA                        REPORTED BY GENERAL PUBLIC

0215 PM    NIAGARA FALLS             NY   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/17/02   NIAGARA                        REPORTED BY GENERAL PUBLIC

0300 PM    NIAGARA FALLS             NY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/17/02   NIAGARA                        REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO

0320 PM    WHEATFIELD                NY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/17/02   NIAGARA                        WITH STREET
                                          FLOODINGREPORTED BY GENERAL
                                          PUBLIC

0330 PM    AMHERST                   NY   FLOOD
06/17/02   ERIE                           FLOODING IN YARD WITH
                                          WATER FLOWING INTO
                                          GARAGEREPORTED BY GENERAL
                                          PUBLIC

Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO, NY
417 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0327 PM    NIAGARA FALLS             NY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/17/02   NIAGARA                        REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Niagara	49 min
Jun 17, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		114 min
Jun 17, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		107 min
Jun 17, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Niagara	39 min
Jun 17, 3:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Erie, Niagara	3 hr

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.