Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Burlington, VT

June 23, 2002St. Lawrence County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2002, 7:33 PM EDT for St. Lawrence County, New York. It was in force for 57 min. 3 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
Jun 23, 2002, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Whole counties

County St. Lawrence County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 7:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWaddington, NY
Jun 23, 7:55 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMassena, NY
Jun 23, 8:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindNorfolk, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 23, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 226 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2002-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 138 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2002-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KBTV 232333
SVRBTV
NYC089-240030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
732 PM EDT SUN JUN 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 12 MILES EAST OF SOUTH COLTON 
  TO NEAR DE KALB...TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOUVERNEUR...MOVING 
  SOUTH AT AROUND 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR SOUTH COLTON...DE KALB AROUND 730 PM EDT
  NEAR GOUVERNEUR...DEGRASSE AROUND 750 PM EDT
  NEAR FINE...CHILDWOLD AROUND 810 PM EDT
  NEAR WANAKENA...PIERCEFIELD AROUND 820 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
SEEK INDOOR SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE 
DURING THUNDERSTORMS...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH. CROUCH DOWN LOW TO 
THE GROUND AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

.END

The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVSt. Lawrence48 min
Jun 23, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, St. Lawrence63 min
Jun 23, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVClinton43 min
Jun 23, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVEssex, Franklin63 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.