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Special Marine Warning 48, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 5, 2003

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at Jul 5, 2003, 3:24 AM EDT. It was in force for 51 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 5, 2003, 3:24 AM EDT (07:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2003, 4:15 AM EDT
In force: 51 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 4, 9:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 9:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:20 AM EDT, 23 hours 4 minutes before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
420 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW
YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS ALL OF
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. A FRONTAL
SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH THIS AIRMASS LATER TONIGHT AND SET THE
STAGE FOR A ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE LATER TONIGHT, WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
BEING THE MAIN CONCERN. THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS WILL ALSO RESULT IN
TORRENTIAL POWNPOURS.

ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK ARE IN A SLIGHT RISK AREA
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT, BUT THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY
FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FOUND WEST OF ROCHESTER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND THOSE
WITH AMATEUR RADIO LICENSES ARE ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY SEVERE
WEATHER NETS TONIGHT. SKYWARN FREQUENCIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING...
146.67 MHZ FOR THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER
145.31 MHZ FOR THE NIAGARA FRONTIER
145.11 MHZ FOR THE FINGER LAKES REGION
147.15 MHZ FOR OSWEGO COUNTY
AND 147.255 FOR THE NORTH COUNTRY, INCL JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COS.

RSH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 1:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		83 min
Jul 4, 11:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	43 min
Jul 4, 11:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	55 min
Jul 5, 12:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	33 min
Jul 5, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		90 min
Jul 5, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		34 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in New York, 2003 Every special marine warning in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.