Alert archive / New York / Special Marine Warnings in 2021
Special Marine Warning 7, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at May 26, 2021, 11:53 AM EDT. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2021, 11:53 AM EDT (15:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 40.0 mph
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Sodus Point, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WHUS51 KBUF 261553
SMWBUF
LOZ043>045-063>065-261645-
/O.NEW.KBUF.MA.W.0007.210526T1553Z-210526T1645Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1153 AM EDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for...
Lake Ontario from Sodus Bay to Southwick Beach...
* Until 1245 PM EDT.
* At 1152 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Sodus Bay,
moving east at 45 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots and small hail.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include...
Oswego, Mexico Bay, Southwick Beach, North Pond, Selkirk Beach,
Sodus Bay, Fair Haven and Sandy Island Beach.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
&&
LAT...LON 4351 7620 4348 7629 4349 7640 4338 7660
4328 7668 4329 7676 4323 7701 4324 7707
4341 7711 4378 7623 4366 7610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1552Z 249DEG 43KT 4329 7697
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS
$$
Hitchcock2 follow-up statements
458
FZUS71 KBUF 261615
MWSBUF
Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1215 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
LOZ043-063-261624-
/O.CAN.KBUF.MA.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210526T1645Z/
1215 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS CANCELLED...
The affected areas were...
Lake Ontario west of Sodus Bay...
The thunderstorm has moved out of the warned area and no longer
poses a significant threat to boaters.
LAT...LON 4361 7615 4358 7615 4351 7620 4348 7629
4349 7640 4338 7660 4328 7668 4329 7676
4328 7683 4352 7685 4378 7623 4366 7610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 257DEG 41KT 4335 7668
$$
LOZ044-045-064-065-261645-
/O.CON.KBUF.MA.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210526T1645Z/
1215 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT...
For the following areas...
Lake Ontario from Sodus Bay to Southwick Beach...
At 1214 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Fair Haven, or
9 nm southwest of Oswego, moving east at 40 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots and small hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
suddenly higher waves.
Locations impacted include...
Oswego, Mexico Bay, Southwick Beach, North Pond, Selkirk Beach, Fair
Haven and Sandy Island Beach.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
&&
LAT...LON 4361 7615 4358 7615 4351 7620 4348 7629
4349 7640 4338 7660 4328 7668 4329 7676
4328 7683 4352 7685 4378 7623 4366 7610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 257DEG 41KT 4335 7668
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS
$$
Hitchcock769
FZUS71 KBUF 261646
MWSBUF
Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1246 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
LOZ044-045-064-065-261656-
/O.EXP.KBUF.MA.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210526T1645Z/
1246 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EXPIRED AT 1245 PM EDT...
The affected areas were...
Lake Ontario from Sodus Bay to Southwick Beach...
The thunderstorm has moved out of the area and no longer poses a
significant threat to boaters.
LAT...LON 4361 7615 4358 7615 4351 7620 4348 7629
4349 7640 4338 7660 4328 7668 4329 7676
4328 7683 4352 7685 4378 7623 4366 7610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 249DEG 43KT 4348 7622
$$
HitchcockThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:19 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 9 hr | |
| May 26, 11:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 28 min |
| May 26, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 29 min |
| May 26, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 16 min |
| May 26, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 61 min |
| May 26, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 27 min |
| May 26, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 39 min |
| May 26, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 63 min |
| May 26, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 33 min |
| May 26, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 43 min |
| May 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 16 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.