Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 3, 2002Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2002, 4:41 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 64 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: Sep 3, 2002, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2002, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oswego County, NY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 3, 5:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Palermo, 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
Sep 3, 12:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 574 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.6

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The text

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

660 
WUUS51 KBUF 032041
SVRBUF
NYC075-032145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
440 PM EDT TUE SEP 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER OSWEGO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PULASKI AT 505 PM EDT
  REDFIELD AT 530 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR 
WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4352 7655 4334 7654 4335 7582 4358 7577

DJF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 12:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		26 min
Sep 3, 12:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Niagara	26 min
Sep 3, 12:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Niagara	24 min
Sep 3, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		62 min
Sep 3, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		62 min
Sep 3, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wyoming	27 min
Sep 3, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		51 min
Sep 3, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Wyoming	67 min
Sep 3, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	64 min
Sep 3, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		52 min
Sep 3, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario	26 min
Sep 3, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		38 min
Sep 3, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	58 min
Sep 3, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		42 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.