Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2002, 6:34 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 26 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
- Jul 22, 2002, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2002, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 6:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | North Wilna, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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.
609 WUUS51 KBUF 222234 SVRBUF NYC045-222300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 633 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DRUM TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. CARTHAGE AND ANTWERP ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STORMS. 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 4422 7581 4385 7591 4402 7557 4428 7565 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, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 57 min |
| Jul 22, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 31 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.