Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS New York, NY

May 13, 2002Kings County, Queens County, Richmond County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2002, 9:03 PM EDT for Kings County, Queens County, Richmond County, New York. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2002, 9:03 PM EDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2002, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kings County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2002-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2002-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 539 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
539 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
678 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KOKX 140103
SVROKX
NYC047-081-085-140145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
902 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
  RICHMOND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.

* AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK AROUND 945 PM.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 55 MPH...LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...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 UPTON NY.

LAT...LON 4034 7480 4021 7463 4062 7377 4079 7387

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.