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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS New York, NY

May 29, 1995Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1995, 8:23 PM EDT for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 8:50 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 0.4 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 1995-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 827 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 1995-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 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
827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KNYC 300023
SVRNYC
CTC011-300115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
823 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN NEW LONDON COUNTY
 
 
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN NEW LONDON COUNTY
OVER THE NEXT 40 MINUTES. IT WILL AFFECT THE AREA FROM HIGHWAY 16
AND HIGHWAY 2 NORTH...THIS INCLUDES THE CITY COLCHESTER.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY R$AIN.
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.