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Special Marine Warning 21, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 19, 2007

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at Jun 19, 2007, 2:44 PM EDT. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2007, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2007, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 150 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WHUS51 KBUF 191844
SMWBUF
LEZ040-061-191945-
/O.NEW.KBUF.MA.W.0021.070619T1844Z-070619T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
244 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  LAKE ERIE FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 238 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER 35 KNOTS... 
  FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF ERIE TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERIE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 KT.

* THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BARCELONA BY 310 PM EDT.
  DUNKIRK BY 335 PM EDT.

BOATERS SHOULD GO TO A SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. IF POSSIBLE REMAIN
BELOW DECK TO AVOID THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
HIGH WAVES MAY QUICKLY CAPSIZE YOUR CRAFT. BOATS IN PORT SHOULD NOT
VENTURE OUT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4234 7979 4245 7983 4249 7981 4271 7920
      4274 7914 4264 7923 4258 7937 4250 7932
      4242 7944 4229 7970

$$

HIBBERT
2 follow-up statements
000 
FZUS71 KBUF 191915
MWSBUF

MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
313 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

LEZ040-061-191945-
/O.CON.KBUF.MA.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070619T1945Z/
313 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR 
LAKE ERIE FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK...

AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER 35 
KNOTS 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIPLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 KT.

MARINERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT.  THERE ARE ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL LAKE ERIE THAT WILL BE FOLLOWING THIS 
INITIAL ACTIVITY. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4234 7979 4245 7983 4249 7981 4271 7920
      4274 7914 4264 7923 4258 7937 4250 7932
      4242 7944 4229 7970

$$

NIZIOL
000 
FZUS71 KBUF 191950
MWSBUF

MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
349 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

LEZ040-061-191959-
/O.EXP.KBUF.MA.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070619T1945Z/
349 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR LAKE ERIE FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK  
EXPIRES AT 345 PM EDT.

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED ONSHORE. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4234 7979 4245 7983 4249 7981 4271 7920
      4274 7914 4264 7923 4258 7937 4250 7932
      4242 7944 4229 7970

$$

TJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 11:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus47 min
Jun 19, 11:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie35 min
Jun 19, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming51 min
Jun 19, 12:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee50 min
Jun 19, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany54 min
Jun 19, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston41 min
Jun 19, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe60 min
Jun 19, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF65 min
Jun 19, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne56 min
Jun 19, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF58 min
Jun 19, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego48 min
Jun 19, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua54 min
Jun 19, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF30 min
Jun 19, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego38 min
Jun 19, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis55 min
Jun 19, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus67 min
Jun 19, 3:32 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFChautauqua28 min
Jun 19, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie62 min
Jun 19, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Jun 19, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF86 min
Jun 19, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua58 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Wyoming69 min
Jun 19, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara56 min
Jun 19, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie30 min
Jun 19, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF88 min
Jun 19, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans58 min
Jun 19, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe90 min
Jun 19, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston66 min
Jun 19, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF89 min
Jun 19, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne77 min
Jun 19, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF2 hr
Jun 19, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Oswego40 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in New York, 2007Every special marine warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.