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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

March 26, 2002Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2002, 11:09 PM EST for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 21 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
Mar 26, 2002, 11:09 PM EST (04:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2002, 11:30 PM EST
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 00:00Z on 2002-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
448 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 270409
SVROKX
CTC007-270430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1107 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT

* UNTIL 1130 PM EST.

* AT 1106 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MIDDLETOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CROMWELL...MIDDLEFIELD
AND PORTLAND.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE 
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. 

$$

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

LAT...LON 4156 7281 4142 7265 4194 7176 4211 7195

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 10:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region24 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.