Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 16, 2002Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2002, 8:17 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 43 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, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2002, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oswego County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2002-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 512 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2002-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 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
512 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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.

142 
WUUS51 KBUF 170017
SVRBUF
NYC075-170100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTRAL SQUARE...OR ABOUT
  12 MILES NORTHEAST OF FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTRAL SQUARE AT 820 PM EDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OR PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MILES AN
HOUR AND CONTAINS INTENSE LIGHTNING. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM 
ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN 
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING 
TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

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 4339 7639 4326 7622 4330 7590 4364 7584

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming32 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.