Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2002, 6:03 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 57 min. 2 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
- Jul 22, 2002, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2002, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lewis County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 6:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Castorland, NY | |
| Jul 22, 7:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Croghan, 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 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.
303 WUUS51 KBUF 222203 SVRBUF NYC049-222300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 601 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF HIGHMARKET...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HIGHMARKET AT 605 PM EDT... LOWVILLE AT 615 PM EDT... INDIAN RIVER AT 630 PM EDT... ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THIS FIRST STORM AND CROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 700 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. LAT...LON 4378 7576 4355 7567 4366 7515 4412 7537 NIZIOL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:52 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 38 min | |
| Jul 22, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 52 min | |
| Jul 22, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 85 min | |
| Jul 22, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Jul 22, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 97 min | |
| Jul 22, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jul 22, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 31 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.