Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2002, 2:34 PM EDT for Bronx County, New York County, New York; Bergen County, New Jersey. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 16, 2002, 2:34 PM EDT (18:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2002, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bergen County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, New York County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Bronx, NY | New York City Office of Emergency Management reported a building collapse. |
| Aug 16, 3:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Englewood, NJ | A spotter reported that severe thunderstorm winds downed poles and wires. |
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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 2022 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KOKX 161840 SVROKX NJC003-NYC005-061-161915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 233 PM EDT FRI AUG 16 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK NEW YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIDGEFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ENGLEWOOD AND BERGENFIELD AROUND 240 PM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORADELL AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAST TREMONT AROUND 245 PM RIVERDALE AROUND 250 PM NORWOOD AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CO-OP CITY AROUND 255 PM SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FORT LEE...TETERBORO... CENTRAL PARK...MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS AND HARLEM. 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 700 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Queens, Westchester | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 66 min | |
| Aug 16, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 83 min | |
| Aug 16, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Queens | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 4:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Nassau, Queens | 114 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
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.