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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 26, 2002Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2002, 3:31 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 59 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: Jun 26, 2002, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2002, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 59 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
Jun 26, 3:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 55 E	Volney, 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
Jun 26, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KBUF 261931
TORBUF
NYC075-262030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
330 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A TORNADO OVER FULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NINE MILE POINT AT 350 PM EDT...
  SELKIRK BEACH AT 415 PM EDT...
  PULASKI AT 420 PM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT 
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING OSWEGO 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4337 7663 4328 7643 4355 7583 4369 7610

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 1:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	24 min
Jun 26, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Monroe	58 min
Jun 26, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wayne	63 min
Jun 26, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		85 min
Jun 26, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga	27 min
Jun 26, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	53 min
Jun 26, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		92 min
Jun 26, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	67 min
Jun 26, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Livingston	40 min
Jun 26, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	28 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.