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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS New York, NY

July 2, 2004Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2004, 3:20 PM EDT for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 2, 2004, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2004, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS New York, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2004-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1481 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2004-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
1481 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KOKX 021920
SVROKX
CTC011-022000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
320 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FITCHVILLE...MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FITCHVILLE AROUND 325 PM
  NORWICH AROUND 335 PM
  LEDYARD CENTER AND GALES FERRY AROUND 345 PM
  PRESTON AROUND 350 PM

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 55 MPH...LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.

$$

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4162 7224 4148 7232 4137 7191 4156 7186

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region39 min
Jul 2, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXNaugatuck Valley Planning Region52 min
Jul 2, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region35 min
Jul 2, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region37 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.