Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS New York, NY

June 2, 2000Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2000, 6:56 PM EDT for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 64 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 2, 2000, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

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

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 10.9 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 2000-06-02Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2000-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
2021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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.

000 
WUUS51 KOKX 022257
SVRNYC
CTC007-009-030000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
656 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
     MIDDLESEX...
     NEW HAVEN...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

* AT 656 PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE ACROSS
  SOUTHERN WINDSOR AND HARTFORD COUNTIES.  THE LINE WAS MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN
  THE VICINITY OF...
  NAUGATUCK AROUND 705 PM...
  MERIDEN...MIDDLETOWN...PORTLAND AROUND 710 PM...
  SEYMOUR...WALLINGFORD AROUND 715 PM...
  HAMDEN...NORTH HAVEN AROUND 725 PM...
  NEW HAVEN...NORTH BRANDFORD AROUND 730 PM...

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 3/4 INCH AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE 
EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

$$

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN UPTON NY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region65 min
Jun 2, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region56 min
Jun 2, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region30 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.