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Special Marine Warning 60, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 13, 2011

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at Aug 13, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT. It was in force for 60 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 13, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 60 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 13, 5:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 5:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 5:01 AM EDT, 14 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
559 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

NYZ003-132300-
MONROE NY-
559 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE GREATER ROCHESTER AREA...

* AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND VERY
  HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPENCERPORT...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE...
  GATES...
  GREECE AND ROCHESTER...
  HILTON...
  IRONDEQUOIT...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND PEA SIZED HAIL IN A FEW SPOTS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

LAT...LON 4316 7794 4335 7779 4335 7776 4333 7771
      4330 7767 4324 7755 4326 7749 4325 7747
      4305 7774

HITCHCOCK

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:56 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
656 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

NYZ003-140000-
MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ROCHESTER
656 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING ROCHESTER...

A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREATER ROCHESTER AREA THROUGH MID
EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE FOUND FROM CHILI...SPENCERPORT
AND GREECE THROUGH 730 PM...AND WILL ALSO MOVE INTO DOWNTOWN
ROCHESTER AND MANY OF THE EASTERN SUBURBS. SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER
IN SOME POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		50 min
Aug 13, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Monroe	61 min
Aug 13, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		57 min
Aug 13, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Monroe	59 min
Aug 13, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Wayne	55 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.