Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS New York, NY

June 20, 1998Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1998, 3:42 PM EDT for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 20, 1998, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1998, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 369 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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.

360 
WUUS1 KNYC 201944 RRA
SVRNYC
CTC007-009-202030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
342 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
  WESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
  KILLINGWORTH          BY 403 PM EDT
  GUILFORD              BY 408 PM EDT
  DEEP RIVER            BY 411 PM EDT

* AT 339 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN UPTON
  NY INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF DURHAM
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

TRM


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.