Alert archive / Connecticut / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 1, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2004, 9:18 PM EDT for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 57 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 23, 2004, 9:18 PM EDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2004, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KOKX 240118
TOROKX
CTC007-011-240215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
917 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLD SAYBROOK...MIDDLETOWN...EAST
HAMPTON...DURHAM...CLINTON...CHESTER
NORTHWESTERN NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SALEM...COLCHESTER
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 916 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR CROMWELL...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF GLASTONBURY
CENTER...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
EAST HAMPTON AROUND 925 PM
COLCHESTER AROUND 940 PM
LEBANON AND 7 MILES NORTH OF SALEM AROUND 945 PM
SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE EAST HADDAM...
KILLINGWORTH...MIDDLEFIELD...PONSET...PORTLAND AND WESTBROOK
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.
$$
LAT...LON 4168 7219 4149 7223 4142 7240 4130 7233
4127 7240 4129 7252 4136 7260 4144 7260
4144 7271 4160 7273 4164 7251 4157 7242
4171 7223
EKSTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 57 min |
| May 24, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 45 min |
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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.