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Special Marine Warning 6, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 1, 2003

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at May 1, 2003, 4:23 AM EDT. It was in force for 112 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: May 1, 2003, 4:23 AM EDT (08:23 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2003, 6:15 AM EDT
In force: 112 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 May 1, 2:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 2:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 4:14 AM EDT, 9 minutes before

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-011100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
414 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE REGION THIS MORNING WITH ANY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT COMING TO AN END.
HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW OF
THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
TIER...MID AND UPPER GENESEE VALLEY...AND FINGER LAKES REGION.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE
STORMS.

TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SFM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 4:23 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-011500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
423 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2003

..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION LATER
TODAY...

A WARM FRONT WILL CROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS MORNING.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT EARLY THIS
MORNING SHOULD END...LEAVING OUR REGION IN A WARM AND BREEZY AIRMASS.

HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH LATER TODAY AND MORE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST OVER
OHIO BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO
WESTERN NEW YORK DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND
CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER...MID AND
UPPER GENESEE VALLEY...AND FINGER LAKES REGION.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WINDS OF MORE THAN 58 MPH
AND/OR HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCH DIAMETER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER
INFORMATION FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR STATEMENTS.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/BUF/

MCLAUGHLIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 4:23 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		112 min
May 1, 6:30 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		30 min
May 1, 6:30 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		30 min
May 1, 8:31 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		44 min
May 1, 8:31 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		44 min
May 1, 8:31 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		44 min
May 1, 9:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		37 min
May 1, 10:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		40 min
May 1, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		30 min
May 1, 1:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Wayne	41 min
May 1, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Livingston, Wyoming	51 min
May 1, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		50 min
May 1, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		50 min
May 1, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	35 min
May 1, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	23 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.