Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 15, 2002Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2002, 8:15 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2002, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2002, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lewis County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1517 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2002-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1517 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

337 
WUUS51 KBUF 160015
SVRBUF
NYC049-160045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
814 PM EDT MON JUL 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 805 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 25 
MILES   SOUTHEAST OF FORT DRUM...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WATSON AT 820 PM...
  GREIG AT 825 PM...


THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING.

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 4396 7533 4379 7542 4361 7489 4381 7477

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.