Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2002, 5:43 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 62 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 28, 2002, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2002, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Wayne County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Cato, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.
601 WUUS51 KBUF 282143 SVRBUF NYC011-117-282245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 542 PM EDT SUN JUL 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF CATO...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF SENECA FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CATO AT 605 PM EDT... HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BUFFALO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4330 7695 4312 7699 4297 7601 4315 7598 DJF
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, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 57 min |
| Jul 28, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 58 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.