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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS New York, NY

August 28, 1993Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1993, 3:29 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 1993, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1993, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 267 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, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 1993-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 208 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 1993-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHunterdon, Warren69 min
Aug 28, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau43 min
Aug 28, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXWestchester43 min
Aug 28, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSuffolk66 min
Aug 28, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNassau, Queens58 min
Aug 28, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBronx58 min

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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.