Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 4:43 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1994, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1994, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 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
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBDR 252044 RRA SVRBDR CTC009-001-252145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BRIDGEPORT CT 443 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BRIDGEPORT HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT ...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY AT 440 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWNS OF WILTON AND WESTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF TRUMBULL...NORTHERN BRIDGEPORT...NORTHERN STRATFORD IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY...AND THE TOWNS OF ORANGE AND MILFORD IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY BY 515 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. 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. BINGHAM
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, May 25, 10:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1055 AM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDES... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS OVER NORTH NEW YORK. A WARM FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHEAST FROM THIS LOW OVER CONNECTICUT. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM THE LOW TO ANOTHER DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER MISSOURI. WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE LOCAL REGION...PARTIAL AFTERNOON SUNSHINE ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STARTING THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW OVER NEW YORK MOVES NORTHEAST...THE COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST SLOWLY AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE COAST DURING THURSDAY AS THE SECOND LOW ADVANCES TOWARD THE REGION. THIS COMBINATION OF EVENTS WILL PRODUCE UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE PREDICTED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL OF 1 AND 1/2 INCHES OVER THE AREAS THEY PASS AND MIGH CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. ADDITIONALLY...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED WITH THE OCCURRENCE OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING IN MANASQUAN OF SOUTHERN MONMOUTH COUNTY. ALTHOUGH TIDE ANOMALIES ARE LESS THAN 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL...WITH THE NEW MOON OCCURRING YESTERDAY...ASTRONOMICAL VALUES ARE HIGHEST TODAY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. ADDITIONAL MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE OCCURRENCE OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ACROSS THE LOCAL COASTAL AREAS. GTC
Special weather statement, May 25, 10:58 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1055 AM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDES... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS OVER NORTH NEW YORK. A WARM FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHEAST FROM THIS LOW OVER CONNECTICUT. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM THE LOW TO ANOTHER DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER MISSOURI. WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE LOCAL REGION...PARTIAL AFTERNOON SUNSHINE ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STARTING THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW OVER NEW YORK MOVES NORTHEAST...THE COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST SLOWLY AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE COAST DURING THURSDAY AS THE SECOND LOW ADVANCES TOWARD THE REGION. THIS COMBINATION OF EVENTS WILL PRODUCE UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE PREDICTED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL OF 1 AND 1/2 INCHES OVER THE AREAS THEY PASS AND MIGH CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. ADDITIONALLY...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED WITH THE OCCURRENCE OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING IN MANASQUAN OF SOUTHERN MONMOUTH COUNTY. ALTHOUGH TIDE ANOMALIES ARE LESS THAN 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL...WITH THE NEW MOON OCCURRING YESTERDAY...ASTRONOMICAL VALUES ARE HIGHEST TODAY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. ADDITIONAL MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE OCCURRENCE OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ACROSS THE LOCAL COASTAL AREAS. GTC "
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:38 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ001>014-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 440 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDES... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS OVER NORTH NEW YORK. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM THE LOW TO ANOTHER DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE LOCAL REGION...PARTIAL AFTERNOON SUNSHINE ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT CAUSED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE AREA. AS THE LOW OVER NEW YORK MOVES NORTHEAST...THE COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST SLOWLY AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE COAST DURING THURSDAY AS THE SECOND LOW ADVANCES TOWARD THE REGION AND MOVES DIRECTLY OVER THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY NIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IS FORECAST DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THIS APPROACHING LOW. ONCE THIS LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA...RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AND END DURING THURSDAY NIGHT. A HUGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM CANADA WILL BUILD SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA STARTING FRIDAY...SETTING UP A FAIR BUT COOL START TO THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. ADDITIONALLY...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE OCCURRENCE OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. WITH THE NEW MOON OCCURRING YESTERDAY...ASTRONOMICAL VALUES ARE HIGHEST TODAY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. GTC
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:40 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ001>014-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 440 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDES... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS OVER NORTH NEW YORK. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM THE LOW TO ANOTHER DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE LOCAL REGION...PARTIAL AFTERNOON SUNSHINE ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT CAUSED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE AREA. AS THE LOW OVER NEW YORK MOVES NORTHEAST...THE COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST SLOWLY AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE COAST DURING THURSDAY AS THE SECOND LOW ADVANCES TOWARD THE REGION AND MOVES DIRECTLY OVER THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY NIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IS FORECAST DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THIS APPROACHING LOW. ONCE THIS LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA...RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AND END DURING THURSDAY NIGHT. A HUGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM CANADA WILL BUILD SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA STARTING FRIDAY...SETTING UP A FAIR BUT COOL START TO THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. ADDITIONALLY...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE OCCURRENCE OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. WITH THE NEW MOON OCCURRING YESTERDAY...ASTRONOMICAL VALUES ARE HIGHEST TODAY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. GTC
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 27 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.