Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS New York, NY

April 19, 2002Rockland County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2002, 1:55 PM EDT for Rockland County, New York. It was in force for 50 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
Apr 19, 2002, 1:55 PM EDT (17:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2002, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Rockland County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 19, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2002-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-368 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 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.

000 
WUUS51 KOKX 191755
SVROKX
NYC087-191845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
154 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.

* AT 149 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SLOATSBURG...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF POMONA AROUND 205 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4128 7417 4117 7432 4105 7395 4122 7395

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester38 min
Apr 19, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange46 min
Apr 19, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX55 min
Apr 19, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRichmond51 min
Apr 19, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXKings, New York, Queens47 min
Apr 19, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.