Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2002, 2:03 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 57 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 31, 2002, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2002, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Watertown, 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 241 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.
537 WUUS51 KBUF 311803 SVRBUF NYC045-311900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 202 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 26 MILES WEST OF WATERTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WATERTOWN AND CALCIUM AT 230 PM EDT... FORT DRUM AT 235 PM EDT... IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BUFFALO. LAT...LON 4417 7641 4400 7646 4388 7586 4410 7555
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 110 min | |
| May 31, 7:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 110 min | |
| May 31, 7:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 110 min | |
| May 31, 7:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 2 hr | |
| May 31, 8:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 2 hr | |
| May 31, 9:39 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 21 min | |
| May 31, 9:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 27 min | |
| May 31, 11:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Orleans | 26 min |
| May 31, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 114 min | |
| May 31, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 114 min | |
| May 31, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 112 min | |
| May 31, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 112 min | |
| May 31, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 55 min |
| May 31, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 50 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.