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Special Marine Warning 71, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 21, 2008

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at Jul 21, 2008, 3:11 PM EDT. It was in force for 64 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 21, 2008, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2008, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 64 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 Jul 21, 2:31 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:31 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 5:30 AM EDT, 9 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
530 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-220930-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
530 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS
ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED STORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
OR LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE ENTIRELY RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER AND FINGER LAKES AS
WELL AS THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED STORM PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE ENTIRELY RULED OUT.

ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE AND MUCH COLDER AIR ALOFT ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE
AREA...WHICH MAY ALLOW SOME STORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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-SLZ022-024-220930-
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-
530 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE
ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY
HIGHER WAVES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL.

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, Jul 21, 12:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1252 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

NYZ003>005-013-014-211800-
MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...
GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA
1252 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DOWNPOURS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
REGION...

AT 1245 PM, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, AND
POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND AND HAIL, WAS LOCATED NEAR PENFIELD IN MONROE
COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND SHOULD BE NEAR
WALWORTH AROUND 1 PM, AND MARION AROUND 120 PM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM
WAS NEAR GENESEO AND SHOULD BE NEAR HEMLOCK AROUND 1 PM, HONEOYE
AROUND 110 PM, AND BRISTOL MOUNTAIN AROUND 120 PM. IT TO MAY ALSO
CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. BE ON THE ALERT FOR PONDING ON
ROADS, AND POSSIBLY SOME POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

Local storm report, Jul 21, 1:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 2:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 2:20 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 2:35 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 2:46 PM EDT, 25 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 21, 1:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario, Wayne	44 min
Jul 21, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		92 min
Jul 21, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		90 min
Jul 21, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		55 min

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Special Marine Warnings in New York, 2008 Every 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.