4 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 28, 1:45 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 245 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2002 SHORT RANGE DISC...WIDELY SCT SHWRS/TSTMS CONT TO DEVELOP RANDOMLY ACROSS THE REGION. ILL CARRY A 20 PCT POP TO ACCOUNT FOR THEM UNTIL SUNSET. ANY LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPSTREAM LOWER AND UPPER LVL TROUGHS SHOULD BE DISPLACED EAST OF THE AREA BY SUNSET FINALLY BRINGING AN END TO ANY CHC OF SHWRS/TSTMS. MEDIUM RANGE DISC...AS THE UPPER LVL TROUGH CONTS EWD OFF THE NEW ENG CST...AN UPPER LVL RIDGE WILL BUILD SLOWLY NEWD OVR THE GRT LKS. THE LCL AREA WILL BE UNDER STG NVA AND SUBSIDENCE THROUGH SUNDAY...PROVIDING US WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES. FOR SAT...THE HIGHEST TEMPS SHOULD OCCUR NORTH AND WEST OF NYC AS SFC WINDS BECOME NW AND DOWNSLOPE KICKS IN UNDER FULL SUNSHINE. AS SHOWN BY THE SUNY MM5 FCST MDL...SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR LATER DURG THE AFTN AND WILL BE WEAK...AS THE SYNOPTIC SCALE WIND GRAD WEAKENS THROUGH EARLY AFTN. FOR SUN...I WOULD EXPECT SEA BREEZES TO DEVELOP EARLIER AND BE STRONGER WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD. AS FOR FCST TEMPS...ILL GO WITH THE COMPOSITE BETWEEN THE NGM MOS AND AVN MOS FCST TEMPS THROUGH SUNDAY. EXTENDED FCST FOR MON THRU WED...LOOK FOR A GRADUAL INC. IN BOTH HEAT AND HUMIDITY AS A SERIES OF MAINLY WEAK IMPULSES REFLECTED BY WEAK COLD FRONTS AT THE SFC SLIDE SEWD DOWN AN UPPER LVL RIDGE ALONG THE EXTREME SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE WESTERLIES. I WILL IGNORE ANY QPF FCSTS FOR THE INITIAL WV DURING LATE SUNDAY...BUT WILL ADD A CHC OF SHWRS/TSTMS FOR THE SECOND STRONGER WV TUE AFTN AND EARLY TUE NGT. FOR MARINERS...ILL MAINTAIN THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH SEAS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN COASTAL WATERS ATTM. SEAS WILL BE SLOW TO SUBSIDE BELOW 5 FT. WELL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO CANCEL THIS ADVISORY LATER THIS EVE. .OKX... CT...NONE. NJ...NONE. NY...NONE. MARINE...SCA FOR ROUGH SEAS ANZ350-353-355. GC
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:51 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
As a severe thunderstorm moved slowly south, it produced high winds that downed a tree on Route 6N.
As a severe thunderstorm moved southeast, it produced high winds that downed numerous trees and wires in the vicinity of Shrub Oak, just southeast of Putnam Valley.
As a severe thunderstorm moved southeast, it produced a peak wind gust of 77 mph, measured at the Eaton's Neck U.S.C.G. Station.
As a severe thunderstorm moved southeast, it produced high winds that damaged a roof in Davis Park.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, June 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: 5301488, 5301489, 5301490, 5301491.