Alert archive / Connecticut / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 4, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2002, 7:36 PM EDT for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 39 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, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2002, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006 WFUS51 KOKX 312336 TOROKX CTC009-010015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 737 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WATERBURY...WALLINGFORD... SOUTHBURY...NAUGATUCK...MERIDEN * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 733 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER SOUTHBURY...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF SOUTHBURY... MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... NAUGATUCK AND BEACON FALLS AROUND 745 PM CHESHIRE AROUND 750 PM WALLINGFORD AND 4 MILES NORTH OF BETHANY AROUND 755 PM 6 MILES SOUTH OF MERIDEN AROUND 800 PM SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MIDDLEBURY AND SOUTHFORD 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 4159 7335 4141 7338 4136 7279 4157 7277
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, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 36 min |
| May 31, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 47 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.