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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS New York, NY

June 26, 2002Bronx County, New York County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2002, 1:53 PM EDT for Bronx County, New York County, New York. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2002, 1:53 PM EDT (17:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2002, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bronx County, NY, New York County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 2:05 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EBronx, NYPolice reported that several trees were knocked down in the Bronx.
Jun 26, 2:10 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ENew York, NYTelevision media reported that strong winds knocked over a 50 foot tree in Washington Heights.

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 nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2002-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1435 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
1435 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KOKX 261753
SVROKX
NYC005-061-261830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
152 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
  MANHATTAN IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT.

* AT 148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CENTRAL PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF...
  EAST TREMONT AROUND 200 PM.
  CO-OP CITY AROUND 205 PM.

SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ASTORIA...MORNINGSIDE
HEIGHTS...HARLEM AND LONG ISLAND CITY.

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 4079 7402 4072 7398 4085 7379 4092 7389

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange67 min
Jun 26, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester43 min
Jun 26, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX72 min
Jun 26, 2:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBronx118 min
Jun 26, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester48 min
Jun 26, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange31 min
Jun 26, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXPutnam49 min
Jun 26, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester51 min
Jun 26, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXRockland41 min
Jun 26, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX65 min
Jun 26, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx, Westchester42 min
Jun 26, 5:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBronx3 hr
Jun 26, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau55 min
Jun 26, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk53 min
Jun 26, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX70 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.