Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2002, 4:08 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 67 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, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2002, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | West Carthage, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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
- 686 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 262008 SVRBUF NYC045-049-262115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 407 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF OSWEGO TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ADAMS AT 415 PM EDT... BARNES CORNERS AND ADAMS CENTER AT 420 PM EDT... WATERTOWN AND LOWVILLE AT 430 PM EDT... WEST CARTHAGE AND FORT DRUM AND CLAYTON AT 440 PM EDT... HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. 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 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. LAT...LON 4386 7638 4355 7538 4430 7489 4476 7575
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, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 63 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, 4:50 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.