Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2002, 3:24 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 66 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, 2002, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2002, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
300 WUUS51 KALY 311924 SVRALY CTC005-312030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 323 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF SHARON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF RHINEBECK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SHARON AT 330 PM EDT CORNWALL BRIDGE AT 335 PM EDT FALLS VILLAGE AT 345 PM EDT CANAAN AT 350 PM EDT NORFOLK AT 400 PM EDT WINSTED AT 410 PM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER NOW. $$ WASULA/CEMPA
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.
NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 31, 3:50 AM EDT, 11 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:50 AM EDT, 11 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 350 AM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 .DISC...FORECAST FOR TODAY HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH FROM PREVIOUS FCST AS CURRENT MODEL RUNS FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS RUNS. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF ISOLD SVR...A GOOD CHC FOR ORGANIZED SVR WX TODAY AS CDFNT AND UPR LVL TROF CROSS THE REGION DURG THE BEST TIME OF DAY. MAGLENTA EQUATION SUPPORTS A MAJOR SVR WX EVENT BASED ON AREALLY AVERAGED BUFKIT VALUES FOR CAPE - 1000, EHI - 1.75, SRH - 250, MAX WIND AT ANY LEVEL - 70 KT, STORM SPEEDS - 40 MPH. MAGLENTA EQUATION VERY CLOSE TO THE TORNADIC THRESHOLD...BUT BELIEVE HIGH WINDS/LARGE HAIL ARE MAIN THREAT. SFC WINDS FCST TO BECOME SW IN MOST PLACES LATER TODAY JUST AHEAD OF THE BEST INSTABILITY/WIND FIELDS AND THIS WL REDUCE THE CURVATURE OF THE HODOGRAPH AT THAT TIME AND LIKELY PREVENT TORNADO FORMATION. HOWEVER...WINDS IN N-S ORIENTED VALLEYS LIKE THE HUDSON VALLEY COULD REMAIN SOUTH...SO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES CAN NOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT. ACROSS SE ZONES...SVR WX PARAMETERS MAXIMIZE EARLY THIS EVE...SO HAVE EXTENDED THE WORDING FOR A CHC OF SVR TSTMS INTO THE EARLY EVE IN THESE ZONES. SECONDARY CDFNT/UPR LVL TROF FOR SAT NIGHT BECOMING BETTER DEFINED WITH EACH MODEL RUN...AND WL NOW INCLUDE CLDS AND A CHC OF SHWRS SAT NIGHT FOR ALL ZONES. THIS SECONDARY SYSTEM EVEN INCLUDES DECENT WARM ADVCTN IN ADVANCE OF IT WHICH COULD MAKE SATURDAY THE WARMEST DAY OF THE PAST FEW DAYS...ALTHOUGH NOT NEARLY AS HUMID. .HYDRO STATUS...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LOCALIZED POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING EXITS TODAY...BUT RAPID MOVMNT OF CELLS WL LIKELY PREVENT ANY FLASH FLOODING OR RIVER FLOODING TODAY. SO WL NOT ISSUE ANY FFA/S AT THIS TIME. SPS FOR A SVR WX OUTLOOK WL BE ISSUED AFTER FCST PACKAGE GOES OUT. .ALY...NONE. MAGLARAS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
NYZ033-311700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1227 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 1227 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPECULATOR...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... LAKE PLEASANT AT 1235 PM EDT... WELLS AT 1240 PM EDT... HOPE AT 1245 PM EDT...
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
NYZ033-039-311715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1249 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN HAMILTON AND FULTON COUNTIES... AT 1249 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ARIETTA...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLOVERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... UPPER BENSON AT 105 PM EDT... HOPE AND WELLS AT 110 PM EDT... NORTHVILLE AT 115 PM EDT...
Special weather statement, May 31, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
NYZ063-064-311830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 145 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN ULSTER COUNTY... AT 143 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULSTERVILLE...OR 3 MILES SOUTH OF ELLENVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... KERHONKSON AT 155 PM EDT... WALLKILL AT 200 PM EDT... MOHONK LAKE AT 205 PM EDT... MODENA AT 210 PM EDT... NEW PALTZ AND CLINTONDALE AT 215 PM EDT... TILLSON AND ROSENDALE AT 220 PM EDT... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER INCH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN NORTHERN ULSTER COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW YORK. WASULA/CEMPA
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:32 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
MAZ001-NYZ060-061-311915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 232 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN BERKSHIRE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 230 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANCRAM...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF HUDSON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... COPAKE AT 240 PM EDT... SOUTH EGREMONT AND SHEFFIELD AT 250 PM EDT... GREAT BARRINGTON AND HOUSATONIC AT 255 PM EDT... MONTEREY AT 300 PM EDT... SANDISFIELD AT 305 PM EDT... OTIS AT 310 PM EDT... RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY FROM ONE TENTH TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW YORK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. WASULA/CEMPA
Special weather statement, May 31, 3:15 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
CTZ001-MAZ001-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-VTZ013-014- 010230- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 315 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS IN PLACE...FUELING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. A SERIES OF LINES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED THROUGH NEW YORK STATE AND VERMONT THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND CAUSED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT EASTERN NEW YORK. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT AND BRING MORE SEVERE WEATHER TO NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND MOHAWK VALLEY WILL CONTINUE INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK...SOUTHERN VERMONT...THE BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY BETWEEN 300 PM AND 800 PM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DOWNPOURS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVENTUALLY DISSIPATE LATE THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF THE REGION. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THROUGH THIS EVENING. STAY ALERT FOR THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ...AND PREPARE NOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR ANY MEDIA OUTLET THAT PROVIDES YOU WITH THE LATEST PRODUCTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW YORK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. VTK
Special weather statement, May 31, 3:18 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
NYZ032-033-311945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 318 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN HAMILTON AND HERKIMER COUNTIES... AT 318 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INLET TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOFFMEISTER TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BARNEVELD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES EAST OF OLD FORGE TO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPECULATOR TO 11 MILES NORTH OF UTICA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... HOFFMEISTER AT 330 PM EDT... SPECULATOR AND SABAEL AT 345 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW YORK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 65 min |
| May 31, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 44 min |
| May 31, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 62 min |
| May 31, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
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.