Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 16, 2002Jefferson County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2002, 6:26 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2002, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2002, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 227 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2002-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 525 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2002-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -181 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
525 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

387 
WUUS51 KBUF 162226
SVRBUF
NYC045-162315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
624 PM EDT FRI AUG 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM KINGSTON TO POINT PETRE...    
  MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WATERTOWN AT 645 PM EDT
  FORT DRUM AT 650 PM EDT
  CALCIUM AT 655 PM EDT

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

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 4409 7626 4402 7709 4396 7648 4404 7563

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF87 min
Aug 16, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.