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Tornado Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

May 31, 2002Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2002, 7:24 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 36 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, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2002, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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, 11.4 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 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 
WFUS51 KOKX 312324
TOROKX
CTC001-010000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
724 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHERMAN

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 723 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER POOTATUCK STATE FOREST...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF
  DANBURY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BROOKFIELD AROUND 730 PM

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

$$

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

LAT...LON 4161 7364 4145 7374 4137 7339 4154 7332

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 7:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	25 min
May 31, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	47 min
May 31, 7:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	39 min
May 31, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	45 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.