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Special Marine Warning 80, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 26, 2009

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at Jul 26, 2009, 3:45 PM EDT. It was in force for 57 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 26, 2009, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2009, 4:42 PM EDT
In force: 57 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 26, 3:26 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:26 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 3:35 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 9:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
955 AM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0555 PM     TORNADO          HILTON                  43.29N 77.79W
07/25/2009                   MONROE             NY   NWS STORM SURVEY

            EFO LENGTH 0.75MI / WIDTH 30 YDS

&&

LEVAN

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1214 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009

NYZ002-010-011-261915-
ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...BUFFALO...BATAVIA
1213 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009

..THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY JUST EAST AND NORTHEAST OF BUFFALO...

AT 1210 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LANCASTER AND
ALDEN NORTHEAST ACROSS AKRON TO ALABAMA AND WESTERN ORLEANS
COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND PRODUCE
TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE
LINE SHOULD EDGE SLOWLY EAST ACROS ORLEANS AND WESTERN GENESEE
COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM.

SFM

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
139 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009

NYZ003-011>013-019-020-085-261900-
MONROE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-
SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...BATAVIA...WARSAW...
GENESEO...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
139 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009

AT 140 PM A WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED
ACROSS THE EFFECTED COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER
EASTERN ERIE, AND NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES. HOWEVER, ANY
DEVELOPING STORM IN THESE AREAS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, GUSTY WIND, SMALL HAIL, AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS CAN
BE EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALREADY DRENCHED FOR THE RAIN OF
THE PAST FEW DAYS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY.

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:06 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
306 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009

NYZ004-005-262015-
WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN
306 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT WAYNE AND NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTIES...

AT 302 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE NEW
YORK STATE THRUWAY NEAR THE WAYNE-SENECA COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM
WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...REACHING CLYDE
AROUND 315 PM AND WOLCOTT BY 345 PM. IT MAY THEN CLIP FAR NORTHERN
CAYUGA COUNTY NEAR FAIR HAVEN A BIT AFTER 4 PM. THE STORM CONTAINS
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING CAN OCCUR.

SFM

Local storm report, Jul 26, 3:31 PM EDT, 14 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 25, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	41 min
Jul 25, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		76 min
Jul 25, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		55 min
Jul 26, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Wyoming	39 min
Jul 26, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	50 min
Jul 26, 4:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	Cayuga, Ontario, Wayne	117 min
Jul 26, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Ontario, Wayne	58 min
Jul 26, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga	35 min
Jul 26, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	55 min
Jul 26, 6:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	46 min
Jul 26, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		48 min
Jul 26, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	37 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in New York, 2009 Every special marine warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.