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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 3, 2002Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2002, 5:47 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 58 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
Sep 3, 2002, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2002, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oswego County, NY

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 3, 12:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 2002-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2002-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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.

897 
WUUS51 KBUF 032147
SVRBUF
NYC075-032245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
547 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 645 PM EDT

* AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES WEST OF REDFIELD...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  REDFIELD AT 610 PM EDT

THIS EXTENDS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OSWEGO COUNTY.

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 4353 7622 4335 7621 4334 7528 4341 7562
          4353 7583

DJF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 12:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF26 min
Sep 3, 12:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara26 min
Sep 3, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara24 min
Sep 3, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Sep 3, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Sep 3, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming27 min
Sep 3, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF51 min
Sep 3, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Wyoming67 min
Sep 3, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus64 min
Sep 3, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF52 min
Sep 3, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario26 min
Sep 3, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego64 min
Sep 3, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF38 min
Sep 3, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF42 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.