Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2002, 6:59 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 31 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, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2002, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 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, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
810 WUUS51 KBUF 222259 SVRBUF NYC049-222330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 658 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 730 PM EDT * AT 647 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 27 MILES SOUTH OF CANTON TO 28 MILES NORTH OF ROME...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER... WATSON THROUGH 725 PM. AT 645 PM...THE LEWIS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN IN CASTORLAND. 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 4431 7523 4354 7551 4367 7484 4440 7452 &
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, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 26 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.