Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1995, 6:53 PM EDT for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1995, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNYC 292254 COR SVRNYC CTC009-001-300000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION TO REMOVE THE COASTAL WATERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 653 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT ...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY A DANGEROUS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR...AND THEN INTO NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR BROOKFILED CENTER AND NEWTOWN AND SANDY HOOK IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY. IT WILL AFFECT SOUTHBERRY...SOUTH FORD AND OXFORD THEREAFTER IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 29, 3:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 330 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION AT THIS TIME. MEANWHILE A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO APPROACH FROM THE WEST. THIS COLD FRONT WILL BE THE TRIGGERING MECHANISM FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE PRODUCING STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN NEW YORK SOUTHWESTWARD TO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOUR MEMORIAL DAY PLANS INCLUDE OUTDOORS ACTIVITIES...KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MARINERS SHOULD TRY TO GET TO SHORE QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ...CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. GOUDSWARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 56 min |
| May 29, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.