Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1997, 5:36 PM EDT for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1997, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1997, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 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 21:39 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 1020 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 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 152137 RRA SVRNYC CTC009-152230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 536 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY AT 535 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NEAR SOUTHBURY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL RAINS...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHERx 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. REYNOLDS/TONGUE
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, Jul 15, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-160230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK 300 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY FOR NEW YORK CITY AND THE URBAN AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY FOR DAYTIME HEAT INDICIES NEAR 105 DEGREES AND NIGHTTIME HEAT INDICIES REMAINING ABOVE 80 DEGREES... THE HEAT AND OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AT LEAST. THIS COMBINATION WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX...A MEASURE OF JUST HOW HOT IT FEELS...TO AROUND 105 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. NIGHTTIME HEAT INDICIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 80 DEGREES. USE CAUTION AND COMMON SENSE DURING THIS ONGOING HEAT WAVE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...WEAR LOOSE AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING AND NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN AN ENCLOSED CAR FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. TRY TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS YOU CAN IN COOLER PLACES. COASTAL LOCATIONS WOULD BE A FAIRLY GOOD PLACE TO ESCAPE THE BRUNT OF THE HEAT AS COOLING SEA BREEZES DEVELOP EACH DAY. WITH REGARD TO OTHER ASPECTS OF THE WEATHER...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NORTH AND WEST OF THE CITY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THEY WILL NOT MOVE INTO THE COASTAL AREAS BEFORE THEY DISSIPATE WITH THE SETTING OF THE SUN. OVERNIGHT SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY BUT HAZY. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY QUITE WARM AND CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY MUGGY. WEDNESDAY WILL FEATURE A MIX OF HAZY SUN AND CLOUDS. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL TRIGGER SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS FRONT BASICALLY FALLS APART ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AS SUCH THERE WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OF AIRMASS...MEANING TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN AT RATHER UNCOMFORTABLE LEVELS. IT APPEARS THAT SOME REAL RELIEF FOR THE HEAT WAVE WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY WHEN A FAIRLY DECENT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA. STALKER
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-160230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK 300 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY FOR NEW YORK CITY AND THE URBAN AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY FOR DAYTIME HEAT INDICIES NEAR 105 DEGREES AND NIGHTTIME HEAT INDICIES REMAINING ABOVE 80 DEGREES... THE HEAT AND OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AT LEAST. THIS COMBINATION WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX...A MEASURE OF JUST HOW HOT IT FEELS...TO AROUND 105 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. NIGHTTIME HEAT INDICIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 80 DEGREES. USE CAUTION AND COMMON SENSE DURING THIS ONGOING HEAT WAVE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...WEAR LOOSE AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING AND NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN AN ENCLOSED CAR FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. TRY TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS YOU CAN IN COOLER PLACES. COASTAL LOCATIONS WOULD BE A FAIRLY GOOD PLACE TO ESCAPE THE BRUNT OF THE HEAT AS COOLING SEA BREEZES DEVELOP EACH DAY. WITH REGARD TO OTHER ASPECTS OF THE WEATHER...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NORTH AND WEST OF THE CITY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THEY WILL NOT MOVE INTO THE COASTAL AREAS BEFORE THEY DISSIPATE WITH THE SETTING OF THE SUN. OVERNIGHT SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY BUT HAZY. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY QUITE WARM AND CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY MUGGY. WEDNESDAY WILL FEATURE A MIX OF HAZY SUN AND CLOUDS. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL TRIGGER SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS FRONT BASICALLY FALLS APART ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AS SUCH THERE WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OF AIRMASS...MEANING TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN AT RATHER UNCOMFORTABLE LEVELS. IT APPEARS THAT SOME REAL RELIEF FOR THE HEAT WAVE WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY WHEN A FAIRLY DECENT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA. STALKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 46 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.