Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2002, 2:27 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 63 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
- Jun 26, 2002, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2002, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wayne County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 59 M | Ontario, 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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 780 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBUF 261827 SVRBUF NYC117-261930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 227 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ONTARIO...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF WEBSTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SODUS AT 240 PM EDT... 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 4326 7739 4310 7728 4308 7673 4336 7675
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Monroe | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 85 min | |
| Jun 26, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 92 min | |
| Jun 26, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Oswego | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 28 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.