2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 2:38 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 338 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 CONVECTION DEVLPG WITH PREFRNTL TROF ACRS HUDSON VALLEY INTO NJ/PA BORDER. TSTMS HAVE BEEN WEAKING AS MOV INTO MORE STABLE MARINE INFLUENCED AIR. CDFNT STILL BACK ACRS WRN NY STATE AND WL MOV TO NR CST SAT BEFORE STALLING AND WASHING OUT. TIL THEN WL INCLUDE TSTMS AND SHWRS THROUGH THE EVENING AS DIMINISH AS DAYTIME HEATING IS LOST. WITH WK FNT IN THE AREA AND HEATING SAT WL INCLUDE JUST SLIGHT CHC POPS IN THE AFTN. DRY TIL MON WITH STRONGER COLD FNT APCHG. CLOSE TO TMPS GUIDANE. MARINE: NO PROBLEMS WITH SEAS AND WINDS. CONCERN IS STRATUS AND FOG DEVLOPING TWD SAT MRNG AS WEAK SRLY FLO CONTS. WL INCLUDE PTCHY FOG WITH VSBY 1 TO 3 NM. CT...NONE. NY...NYZ067-068...SVR 568 TIL 2300Z. NJ...NONE. MARINE...NONE.
CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-022100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1133 AM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER UPSTATE NEW YORK AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NEW JERSEY...AND CONNECTICUT. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...INTERIOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES LATER TODAY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER QUICKLY SHOULD THREATENING SKIES DEVELOP...OR YOU HEAR THAT A WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/OKX/
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Local police and newspapers reported numerous trees and power lines down. As a result, thousands of residents were left without power through the night.
The observer at Newark International Airport reported 1 inch Hail from 818 pm until 822 pm.
A spotter reported numerous trees downed as result of damaging storm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Jersey in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, August 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5313016, 5313017, 5313018.