Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2002, 4:18 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2002, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2002, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 4:21 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 58 M | Randolph, 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
237 WUUS51 KBUF 282018 SVRBUF NYC009-282115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 418 PM EDT SUN JUL 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF ALLEGANY PARK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ALLEGANY PARK AT 440 PM EDT... SALAMANCA AT 445 PM EDT... ASHFORD AND ALLEGANY AND ASHFORD HOLLOW AT 500 PM EDT... ST. BONAVENTURE AT 505 PM EDT... HINSDALE AT 510 PM EDT... HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BUFFALO. PACE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 72 min | |
| Jul 28, 4:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 9:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 72 min | |
| Jul 28, 9:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 10:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 64 min |
| Jul 28, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.