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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS New York, NY

May 24, 1995Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1995, 10:56 PM EDT for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1995, 10:56 PM EDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1995, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 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 KNYC 250257
SVRNYC
CTC007-009-011-250400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1056 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
 
   ...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT
 
   ...NEW LONDON COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF POTENTIAL SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST OVER THE AREA DURING THE NEXT
HOUR. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
SOME HAIL.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
GC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region47 min
May 24, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.