Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 4, 1995Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1995, 1:35 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 1995, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 1995, 2:35 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

County Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1995-04-04Temperature 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 1995-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 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 KALB 041739
SVRALB
CTC005-041835-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
135 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  2:35 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...

IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT

...LITCHFIELD COUNTY...

AT  1:35 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF
PAWLING NEAR LITHGOW IN CENTRAL DUTCHESS COUNTY. THIS STORM
DOWNED TREES IN HYDE PARK DUTCHESS COUNTY NEW YORK AND PRODUCED
80 MPH GUSTS AT STEWART AIRPORT IN ULSTER COUNTY.

AT  1:50 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF
CANAAN NEAR WEST IN WESTERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

AT  2:05 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT  6 MILES NORTH OF
TORRINGTON NEAR DRAKEVILLE IN NORTHEASTERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

AT  2:20 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT  9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TORRINGTON NEAR PLEASANT IN EASTERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

AT  2:35 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF
HARTFORD NEAR SIMSBURY IN SOUTHEASTERN JOSEPH,MISLEY COUNTY.

IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA - BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN
A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM - AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

SNYDER/CANNON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region65 min
Apr 4, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region61 min
Apr 4, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOX60 min
Apr 4, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region59 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.