Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2002, 3:15 PM EDT for Franklin County, St. Lawrence County, New York. It was in force for 45 min. 4 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
- May 31, 2002, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2002, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | South Colton, NY | |
| May 31, 3:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Clear, NY | |
| May 31, 3:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake, NY | |
| May 31, 3:49 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Colby, 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 nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
694 WUUS51 KBTV 311915 SVRBTV NYC033-089-312000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 315 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NEW YORK FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NEW YORK * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 309 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF CHILDWOLD...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR CHILDWOLD AROUND 320 PM EDT 7 MILES NORTH OF PIERCEFIELD AROUND 330 PM EDT NEAR SARANAC INN...5 MILES SOUTH OF PAUL SMITHS AROUND 340 PM EDT NEAR SARANAC LAKE...FRANKLIN FALLS...8 MILES SOUTH OF RAINBOW LAKE AROUND 350 PM EDT WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INSIDE A REINFORCED BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. .END
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 31, 11:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 11:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1137 AM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 UPDATED ZONES SENT OUT...MAINLY JUST TO KEEP FCST CURRENT. SHWRS/THNDSTRMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH PRE FRONTAL TROF ARE CURRENTLY WDSPRD ACRS NRN NY AND SCT IN VT. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO MOVE EAST ACRS FA EARLY-MID PM. WNDS THE MAIN SVR WX THREAT WITH ANY THNDSTRMS. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHWRS/STORMS PSBL LATER PM/EVEN AS CDFNT MOVES THRU. .BTV...NONE. RJS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 11:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
NYZ026>031-034-035-VTZ001>012-312000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1148 AM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK. THERE HAVE BEEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS VERMONT AS WELL. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT. THE GREATEST WEATHER THREAT WITH THE MORE INTENSE STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING...THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN END. PERSONS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND MUCH OF VERMONT SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTION AND PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR ANY MEDIA OUTLET THAT PROVIDES YOU WITH THE LATEST PRODUCTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO KEEP YOU INFORMED DURING SUCH POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WEATHER SITUATIONS.
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:30 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
NYZ026>031-034-035-VTZ001>012-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 230 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK UNTIL 7PM AND VERMONT UNTIL 8PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF NEAR OR IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR OR LARGE HAIL...3/4 OF AN INCH OR LARGER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY ALSO SPAWN A TORNADO. HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO LIKELY PRESENT IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHEN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. DURING A WATCH SITUATION YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH WARM AND HUMID AIR OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON TRIGGERING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex, Franklin | 64 min |
| May 31, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 35 min |
| May 31, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex | 32 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.