Alert archive / New York / Special Marine Warnings in 2008
Special Marine Warning 101, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at Aug 5, 2008, 7:04 PM EDT. It was in force for 86 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 5, 2008, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2008, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
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 5, 2:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 3:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 333 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2008 NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-061000- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- SOUTHERN ERIE- 333 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK...MAINLY INLAND FROM THE GREAT LAKES. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO ARE EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE EAST ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARD BEING DAMAGING WINDS WITH A SECONDARY RISK OF LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF NYZ006>008-061000- OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- 333 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION TO THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF LEZ020-040-041-LOZ042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-061000- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS- 333 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE IN A FEW LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF HITCHCOCK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 455 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2008 NYZ085-052200- ERIE NY- 455 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY... * AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST CONCORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HOLLAND AT 515 PM EDT... MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. HITCHCOCK
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 522 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2008 NYZ012-052215- WYOMING NY- 522 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY... * AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL UP TO HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM ARCADE TO PIKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GAINESVILLE AT 535 PM EDT... CASTILE AT 545 PM EDT... MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. HITCHCOCK
Local storm report, Aug 5, 5:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Aug 5, 6:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 7:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 3 hr |
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Special Marine Warnings in New York, 2008Every special marine warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.