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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS New York, NY

September 2, 1998Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 1998, 7:53 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 62 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
Sep 2, 1998, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1998, 8:55 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 1998-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-43 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.

551 
WUUS1 KNYC 022349 RRA
SVRNYC
CTC001-030055-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
753 PM EDT WED SEP 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT

* UNTIL 855 PM EDT

* AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PW

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.