Alert archive / Connecticut / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 12, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 1998, 8:55 PM EDT for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 35 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 30, 1998, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1998, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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, 0.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 30, 4:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
NYZ0067>081-NJ002>006-011-CT005>012-010300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 415 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE TRI-STATE AREA UNTIL 10 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE INTO THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. THE STORMS WILL EXIT TO OUR EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY WILL BE BREEZY AND LESS HUMID WITH JUST A CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER. EKH
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
NYZ0067>081-NJ002>006-011-CT005>012-010300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 415 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE TRI-STATE AREA UNTIL 10 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE INTO THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. THE STORMS WILL EXIT TO OUR EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY WILL BE BREEZY AND LESS HUMID WITH JUST A CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER. EKH
Local storm report, Jun 30, 5:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTIONS TO TIMES AND SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
545 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 AM WYANDANCH NY WIND DAMAGE.
06/30/98 SUFFOLK TREES DOWN. ALSO IN DEER
PARK AND WHEATLY HEIGHTS.
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0810 AM HAUPPAUGE NY .75 INCH HAIL
06/30/98 SUFFOLK FUNNEL CLOUDS ALSO
REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED
BY RADAR.
0815 AM LAKE RONKONKOMA NY TORNADO
06/30/98 SUFFOLK INDICATION OF F0 TORNADO
ALONG LAKE SHORE DRIVE. TIME
ESTIMATE AT 0815-0830 AM
BY RADAR.
0815 AM SELDEN NY TORNADO
06/30/98 SUFFOLK .75 INCH HAIL
SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF F0
TORNADO AT AND IN VICINITY
OF SUFFOLK COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. TIME ESTIMATED AT
0815-0830 AM BY RADAR.
0830 AM MT SINAI NY 1 INCH HAIL
06/30/98 SUFFOLK
0830 AM CORAM NY WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 SUFFOLK TREES/WIRES DOWN. TIME
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
1205 PM GOSHEN NY WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 ORANGE LARGE TREES DOWN. FUNNEL
CLOUD SIGHTED BETWEEN
GOSHEN AND CHESTER.
JST/DJRLocal storm report, Jun 30, 5:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTIONS TO TIMES AND SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
545 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 AM WYANDANCH NY WIND DAMAGE.
06/30/98 SUFFOLK TREES DOWN. ALSO IN DEER
PARK AND WHEATLY HEIGHTS.
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0810 AM HAUPPAUGE NY .75 INCH HAIL
06/30/98 SUFFOLK FUNNEL CLOUDS ALSO
REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED
BY RADAR.
0815 AM LAKE RONKONKOMA NY TORNADO
06/30/98 SUFFOLK INDICATION OF F0 TORNADO
ALONG LAKE SHORE DRIVE. TIME
ESTIMATE AT 0815-0830 AM
BY RADAR.
0815 AM SELDEN NY TORNADO
06/30/98 SUFFOLK .75 INCH HAIL
SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF F0
TORNADO AT AND IN VICINITY
OF SUFFOLK COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. TIME ESTIMATED AT
0815-0830 AM BY RADAR.
0830 AM MT SINAI NY 1 INCH HAIL
06/30/98 SUFFOLK
0830 AM CORAM NY WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 SUFFOLK TREES/WIRES DOWN. TIME
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
1205 PM GOSHEN NY WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98 ORANGE LARGE TREES DOWN. FUNNEL
CLOUD SIGHTED BETWEEN
GOSHEN AND CHESTER.
JST/DJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 80 min |
| Jun 30, 8:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 8:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 12 hr |
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.