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Special Marine Warning 72, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 28, 2002

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at Jul 28, 2002, 3:18 AM EDT. It was in force for 72 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: Jul 28, 2002, 3:18 AM EDT (07:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2002, 4:30 AM EDT
In force: 72 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 Jul 27, 9:15 PM EDT, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 9:15 PM EDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
915 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002

TSRA RUMBLED ALONG THE STATE LINE OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY THIS EVENING.
ATTM THEY HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE MOVING NEAR ALLEGANY STATE PARK.
QUITE A FEW WARNINGS (SVR AND TOR) BEING ISSUED IN OHIO TONIGHT. THIS
IS DUE TO AN ACTIVE WARM FRONT MOVING ACROSS REGION. ABUNDANT
HUMIDITY AND ACTIVE WRLY FLOW ALOFT CONTRIBUTING TO SVR WEATHER. SPS
HAS CHC FOR WESTERN COUNTIES THRU 12Z.

18Z MESOETA DEPICTS SHRA/TSRA CONTINUING/REDEVELOPING ACROSS SW
ONTARIO AND MOVING ESE. STORMS PSBLY INTO WNY BUT MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. TSRA APPEARS TO BE INCREASING ACROSS LOWER MI ATTM. IF THEY
MOVE ALONG THE THICKNESS GRADIENT...STORMS COULD PASS NRN OH/NW PA/SW
NY. CURRENT FCST FOR LIKEKY WEST/CHC IN THE GENESEE VALLEY/NADA EAST
OF LAKE ONTARIO LOOKS FINE AT THIS POINT.  I WILL MAKE WORDING
CHANGES FOR THE EARLY EVENING STORMS THAT WERE IN THERE.

.BUF...NONE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 4:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua, Erie	48 min
Jul 28, 9:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		72 min
Jul 28, 9:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua, Erie	63 min
Jul 28, 10:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	64 min
Jul 28, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	28 min
Jul 28, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	57 min
Jul 28, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	58 min
Jul 28, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Wayne	62 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.