Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1990, 9:46 PM EDT for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1990, 9:46 PM EDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1990, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 921 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBDR 140147 RRA SVRBDR CTC009-140245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 946 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BRIDGEPORT HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...NEW HAVEN COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LONG ISLAND SOUND. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HAZZARD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014.017-132300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK 530 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 7 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA WEST VIRGINIA BORDER NORTH OF MARTINSBURG NORTH THROUGH EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE UP TO WARREN COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING LOCATED OVER LUZERNE COUNTY NEAR HAZLETON AND NORTH THROUGH LACKAANNA COUNTY JUST TO THE SOUTH OF SCRANTON. WITH THE PRESENT MOVEMENT AND SPEED THIS DANGwEROUS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO WHITE HAVEN AND MOSCOW OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. KLEIN
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014.017-140000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK 630 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 8 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE... AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA WEST VIRGINIA BORDER EAST OF HAGERSTOWN NORTH THROUGH EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE UP TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING LOCATED OVER SCHUYKILL COUNTY NEAR POTTSVILLE AND NORTH THROUGH CARBON AND MONROE COUNTY JUST WEST OF STROUDSBURG. WITH THE PRESENT MOVEMENT AND SPEED THESE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO NORTHHAMPTON AND THE BUSKILL AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. KLEIN
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 7:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-140100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK 730 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 9 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA OVER LANCASTER COUNTY NORTH THROUGH THE ALLENTOWN AREA AND THEN NORTHEAST TO ULSTER COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL OVER NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA. THIS AREA OF THUNDERTORMS EXTENDED INTO WARREN COUNTY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO ULSTER COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE. PERSON IN THE EFFECTED AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. KLEIN
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 8:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
CTZ001-002-004-005-140130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 804 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AND 930 PM. AT 800 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY OF NEW YORK STATE AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE HAD A HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH IT. PERSONS IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY...AT THIS TIME MAINLY THE NORTHWESTERN AREA AROUND CANDLEWOOD LAKE...SHERMAN...NEW FAIRFIELD...DANBURY AND RIDGEFIELD SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES INTO YOU AREA. ALL PERSONS NOT ONLY IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUT NEW HAVEN COUNTY AS WELL SHOULD BE NEAR A RADIO OR TV AS THIS AREA OF WEATHER MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN WITH THE INTERNATIONAL TENNIS SHOW AT THE YALE BOWL SHOULD KEEP A EYE OUT THE THUNDERSTORMS. HAZZARD
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 8:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-140100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK 830 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 10 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA JUST WEST OF PHILADELPHI NORTH THROUGH THUNTERDON AND MORRIS COUNTIES OF NEW JERSEY TO ORANGE COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL OVER CHESTER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO NORTHERN HUNTERDON AND AND SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTIES JUST SOUTH OF MORRISTOWN. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER ORANGE COUNTY OF SOUTHEAS NEW YORK STATE. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF SPEED AND DIRECTION SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO UNION AND ESSEX COUNI8TES WITHIN THE NEXT FIFTEEN MINUTES TO HALF HOUR. IF THREATENING CONDITION ARE OBSERVED BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTEY IMMEDIATELY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. KLEIN
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 9:30 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
NJZ001-005-007-015-NYZ014>017-140300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK 930 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990 ...DO NOT USE AFTER 11 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY... AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA JUST EAST OF PHILADELPHIA NORTH THROUGH UNION AND ESSEX COUNTIES OF NEW JERSEY. THIS AREA ALSO EXTENDED INTO THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA... ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES AND A SMALL SECTION OF WESTERN NASSAU COUNTY. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL OVER EASTERN UNION AND HUDSON COUNITES IN NEW JERSEY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN PROGRESS OVER NEW YORK CITY AND MOVING INTO NASSAU COUNTY. AT THE PRESENT MOVMENT AND SPEED THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE OVER MOST OF NASSAU...WESTCHESTER COUNTY OF NEW YORK STATE WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT BY NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING CONDITION ARE OBSERVED BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTEY IMMEDIATELY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. KLEINy
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.