Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Buffalo, NY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 E | Altmar, NY | |
| Jun 27, 2:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Sylvan Beach, NY | Trees and power lines downed in Sylvan Beach, Oneida Castle, Marcy, Whitestown, Annsville, Verona, Floyd, and Westmoreland. |
| Jun 27, 2:43 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Bridgeport, NY | Trees 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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 &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 80 min | |
| Jun 27, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 73 min |
| Jun 27, 1:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 105 min | |
| Jun 27, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 105 min | |
| Jun 27, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 2 hr | |
| Jun 27, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 112 min | |
| Jun 27, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 93 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.