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Special Marine Warning 95, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 16, 2003

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at Aug 16, 2003, 9:30 AM EDT. It was in force for 90 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
Aug 16, 2003, 9:30 AM EDT (13:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2003, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
90 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 Aug 16, 2:54 AM EDT, 6 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 2:54 AM EDT, 6 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 4:32 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
432 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AS A PAIR OF COLD
FRONTS WILL SETTLE SOUTH FROM EASTERN CANADA. THESE FRONTS WILL
ENCOUNTER A VERY HUMID AIRMASS, WHICH WILL INCREASE OUR POTENTIAL
FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

MANY OF THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, BUT THEY
SHOULD MOVE FAST ENOUGH TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD FLOOD PROBLEMS. THERE
MAY HOWEVER BE AREAS WHERE SERIOUS PONDING TAKES PLACE ON ROADWAYS
WITH ISOLATED POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

THE STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH LATER TODAY TO WARRANT THE
USE OF SKYWARN SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS. IF A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH IF
ISSUED...A SKYWARN SEVERE WEATHER NET WILL BE RAISED.

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 9:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF69 min
Aug 16, 9:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara53 min
Aug 16, 11:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 min
Aug 16, 11:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua, Erie61 min
Aug 16, 12:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming64 min
Aug 16, 1:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFWyoming118 min
Aug 16, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF95 min
Aug 16, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario51 min
Aug 16, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany29 min
Aug 16, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua57 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.