Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2002, 2:51 PM EDT for Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2002, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2002, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dutchess County, NY, Ulster County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Plattekill, NY | |
| Aug 2, 3:53 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Tillson, NY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
355 WUUS51 KALY 021851 SVRALY NYC027-111-021945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 251 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DUTCHESS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK SOUTHEASTERN ULSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM RHINEBECK TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOHONK LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... STAATSBURG AND NEW PALTZ AT 255 PM EDT HYDE PARK AT 300 PM EDT PLATTEKILL AND MODENA AT 305 PM EDT PINE PLAINS AND STANFORDVILLE AT 310 PM EDT POUGHKEEPSIE AND FAIRVIEW AT 315 PM EDT PLEASANT VALLEY AND MARLBORO AT 320 PM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER NOW. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer, Montgomery | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene | 61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.