Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 10:19 PM EDT for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 46 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
- May 31, 1998, 10:19 PM EDT (02:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1998, 11:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
475 WUUS1 KNYC 010221 RRA SVRNYC ANZ330-335-CTC007-009-011-010305- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1019 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NEW HAVEN COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT MIDDLESEX COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT NEW LONDON COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT * UNTIL 1105 PM EDT * THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM COLCHESTER BY 1009 PM EDT LEBANON BY 1018 PM EDT YANTIC BY 1022 PM EDT BALTIC BY 1027 PM EDT PRESTON BY 1032 PM EDT JEWETT CITY BY 1033 PM EDT * AT 1016 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN UPTON NY INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLCHESTER MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. STRONG GUST FRONT WINDS ARE MOVING SOUTH AS WELL AS EAST. STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. KLEIN/MCKILLOP
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 31, 6:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
NYZ067>081-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-010400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - EVENING SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 613 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 ...ROUGH AND TUMBLE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS HEADED FOR THE TRI-STATE REGION... ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE REGION AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM... A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO SOUTHEASTERN CANADA WILL BRING SOME VERY INTENSE WEATHER TO THE TRI-STATE REGION LATER THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS OUR REGION AS WELL... AND SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS WELL OVER 60 MPH WHICH MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...LARGE HAIL. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AS WELL. CURRENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE IN THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AROUND 730 PM...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY BY ABOUT 830 PM...AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND WELL AFTER SUNSET. ANYONE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS FOR THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE TO THE SKY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SHORT TERM FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REYNOLDS / NWSFO BROOKHAVEN NY
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 65 min |
| May 31, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 60 min |
| May 31, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 34 min |
| May 31, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 34 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.