Alert archive / New York / Special Marine Warnings in 2015
Special Marine Warning 21, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at Jun 23, 2015, 3:21 AM EDT. It was in force for 84 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 23, 2015, 3:21 AM EDT (07:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2015, 4:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 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 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 31 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
676
WHUS51 KBUF 230721
SMWBUF
LEZ020-041-LOZ030-042-062-230845-
/O.NEW.KBUF.MA.W.0021.150623T0721Z-150623T0845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
321 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
LAKE ONTARIO FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO THIRTY MILE POINT...
THE UPPER AND LOWER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR...
* UNTIL 445 AM EDT
* AT 319 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS 35 KNOTS OR GREATER...LOCATED 25 NM
WEST OF LEWISTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 KNOTS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEWISTON...GRAND ISLAND...SUNSET BEACH...YOUNGSTOWN...OLCOTT...
NIAGARA RIVER...FORT NIAGARA AND THIRTY MILE POINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE...KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 35 KNOTS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4361 7849 4337 7847 4336 7863 4326 7906
4307 7897 4305 7889 4302 7889 4300 7893
4305 7893 4306 7896 4295 7891 4292 7891
4297 7895 4306 7897 4308 7907 4327 7907
4343 7919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0719Z 255DEG 43KT 4302 7958
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
030
FZUS71 KBUF 230800
MWSBUF
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
400 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
LEZ041-LOZ030-042-062-230809-
/O.CAN.KBUF.MA.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150623T0845Z/
400 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE AFFECTED AREAS WERE...
LAKE ONTARIO FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO THIRTY MILE POINT...
THE LOWER NIAGARA RIVER...
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE LINE OF STORMS HAS WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO BOATERS.
LAT...LON 4307 7897 4305 7889 4302 7889 4300 7893
4305 7893 4306 7896 4295 7891 4292 7891
4297 7895 4306 7897 4308 7907
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 270DEG 43KT 4298 7890
$$
LEZ020-230845-
/O.CON.KBUF.MA.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150623T0845Z/
400 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EDT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
THE UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR...
AT 358 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS 35 KNOTS OR GREATER...LOCATED NEAR GRAND
ISLAND...OR 18 NM SOUTHEAST OF NIAGARA RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 45
KNOTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAND ISLAND...ERIE BASIN MARINA AND SMALL BOAT HARBOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE...KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
&&
LAT...LON 4307 7897 4305 7889 4302 7889 4300 7893
4305 7893 4306 7896 4295 7891 4292 7891
4297 7895 4306 7897 4308 7907
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 270DEG 43KT 4298 7890
$$
HITCHCOCK136
FZUS71 KBUF 230820
MWSBUF
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
420 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
LEZ020-230829-
/O.CAN.KBUF.MA.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150623T0845Z/
420 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE AFFECTED AREAS WERE...
THE UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO BOATERS.
LAT...LON 4307 7897 4305 7889 4302 7889 4300 7893
4305 7893 4306 7896 4295 7891 4292 7891
4297 7895 4306 7897 4308 7907
TIME...MOT...LOC 0816Z 255DEG 43KT 4291 7858
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 2 hr | |
| Jun 23, 1:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 119 min | |
| Jun 23, 3:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Jun 23, 3:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Jun 23, 3:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 4:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 96 min | |
| Jun 23, 4:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Orleans, Wyoming | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 4:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 4:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 5:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 6:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 58 min |
Nearby
Special Marine Warnings in New York, 2015Every special marine warning in 2015
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.