Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2002, 8:01 PM EST for Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 29 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
- Mar 9, 2002, 8:01 PM EST (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2002, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Monroe County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 8:20 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 54 M | Webster, 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBUF 100101 SVRBUF NYC055-100130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 800 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEBSTER...IRONDEQUOIT...HILTON... GREECE...BROCKPORT...ROCHESTER * UNTIL 830 PM EST * AT 752 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF BROCKPORT...OR ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF ALBION...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... OVER HILTON AT 810 PM EST NEAR IRONDEQUOIT ABOUT 825 PM EST WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE LINE OF CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BUFFALO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4337 7798 4318 7799 4319 7739 4351 7736
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 8:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.