Alert archive / Connecticut / Tornado Warnings in 1992

Tornado Warning 1, NWS New York, NY

July 5, 1992Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1992, 5:22 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1992, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1992, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBDR 052125
TORBDR
CTC001-052215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT
522 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BRIDGEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT
 
   ...WESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LONG ISLAND SOUND.
 
 
A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED IN WAPPINGERS FALLS AT 448 PM. THIS STORM WAS
NEAR PATTERSON AT 520 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 55 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL REACH FAIRFIELD COUNTY BY 545 PM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
SHERWOOD

The office that day

Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region115 min
Jul 5, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region94 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.