Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2002, 5:18 PM EDT for Bronx County, Westchester County, New York. It was in force for 42 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, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2002, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bronx County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Bronx, NY | Police reported that strong winds knocked down several trees and power lines. |
| Jun 26, 5:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Hartsdale, NY | Police reported that strong winds toppled several trees. |
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, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KOKX 262118 SVROKX NYC005-119-262200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 518 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK SOUTH CENTRAL WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK * UNTIL 600 PM EDT. * AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CO-OP CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF... RYE AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCARSDALE AROUND 530 PM. 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARRISON AROUND 535 PM. 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITE PLAINS AIRPORT AROUND 540 PM. SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BRONXVILLE. 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 900 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4089 7392 4081 7381 4092 7363 4110 7372
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 72 min | |
| Jun 26, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx | 118 min |
| Jun 26, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 65 min | |
| Jun 26, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 70 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.