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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 27, 2002Lewis County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2002, 2:26 PM EDT for Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 64 min. 3 reports 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 27, 2002, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2002, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 2:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 51 EAltmar, NY
Jun 27, 2:40 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 60 ESylvan Beach, NYTrees and power lines downed in Sylvan Beach, Oneida Castle, Marcy, Whitestown, Annsville, Verona, Floyd, and Westmoreland.
Jun 27, 2:43 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 60 EBridgeport, NYTrees and wires downed in Bridgeport, Lakeport, Canastota, and Oneida.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 27, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2002-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 722 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2002-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
722 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 271826
SVRBUF
NYC049-075-271930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
226 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 222 PM EDT...AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL 
  WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE    
  THUNDERSTORMS FROM 26 MILES SOUTH OF WATERTOWN TO 5 MILES EAST OF 
  NORTH SYRACUSE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  REDFIELD AT 230 PM EDT...
  HIGHMARKET AT 310 PM EDT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED WIRES BLOWN DOWN IN CENTRAL SQUARE AT 205 
PM.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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 800 PM EDT 
THURSDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK...
INCLUDING OSWEGO AND LEWIS COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 4369 7600 4301 7601 4301 7526 4369 7524

DJF

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 12:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF80 min
Jun 27, 12:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus56 min
Jun 27, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming66 min
Jun 27, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara64 min
Jun 27, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany73 min
Jun 27, 1:04 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFCattaraugus56 min
Jun 27, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF105 min
Jun 27, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF105 min
Jun 27, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans63 min
Jun 27, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego53 min
Jun 27, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF2 hr
Jun 27, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe59 min
Jun 27, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara56 min
Jun 27, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua51 min
Jun 27, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany30 min
Jun 27, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF112 min
Jun 27, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson65 min
Jun 27, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus34 min
Jun 27, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis, Oswego60 min
Jun 27, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF93 min

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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.