Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2005, 5:24 PM EDT for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2005, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2005, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 5:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Salem, CT | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 30 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KOKX 192124 SVROKX CTC011-192230- /O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0026.050719T2124Z-050719T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 524 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. * UNTIL 630 PM EDT. * AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BALTIC TO EAST HADDAM...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... NEAR FITCHVILLE BY 530 PM EDT. NEAR SALEM BY 540 PM EDT. NEAR NORWICH BY 545 PM EDT. NEAR PRESTON BY 555 PM EDT. THE TOWNS OF FRANKLIN AND JEWETT CITY ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4164 7213 4149 7242 4135 7231 4161 7184 $$ EKSTER
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KOKX 192140
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
540 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005
CTC011-192230-
/O.CON.KOKX.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050719T2230Z/
NEW LONDON CT-
540 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEW LONDON COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM FITCHVILLE TO SALEM...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
NEAR NORWICH BY 545 PM EDT.
NEAR LEDYARD CENTER BY 600 PM EDT.
THE TOWNS OF MONTVILLE AND NORTH STONINGTON ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4158 7211 4149 7232 4138 7226 4140 7206
4144 7187
$$
EKSTER000
WWUS51 KOKX 192214
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
613 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005
CTC011-192230-
/O.CON.KOKX.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050719T2230Z/
NEW LONDON CT-
613 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEW LONDON COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM LEDYARD CENTER TO WATERFORD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
NEAR WATERFORD BY 620 PM EDT.
NEAR NEW LONDON BY 625 PM EDT.
NEAR GROTON BY 630 PM EDT.
THE TOWN OF POQUONOCK BRIDGE IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4149 7200 4139 7222 4131 7215 4135 7198
4137 7187
$$
EKSTER000 WWUS51 KOKX 192226 SVSOKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 626 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005 CTC011-192236- /O.EXP.KOKX.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050719T2230Z/ NEW LONDON CT- 626 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NEW LONDON COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM... AT 625 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM. $$ EKSTER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 19, 2:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 255 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005 .NEAR TERM (REST OF THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT)... SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON...DESPITE A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN VERY ISOLATED. THERE IS LITTLE SURFACE FOCUS FOR MUCH IN THE WAY OF ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY AS WINDS ARE GENERALLY LIGHT AND SW ACRS MOST OF THE CWA. FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WILL LIKELY HAVE TO RELY ON TERRAIN INDUCED CONVECTION TO SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL. AS OF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THAT BEST S/W SUPPORT IS MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND SOUTHERN QUEBEC. THIS IS ALSO EVIDENCED BY REGIONAL RADAR MOSAICS WHICH ARE MORE ACTIVE THERE THAN HERE. HOWEVER...EVEN THERE...MID-TROPOSPHERIC FLOW IS QUITE WEAK ACCORDING TO AREA VWPS (GENERALLY 20 KT AROUND 10-15 KFT). SHORT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT...WITH ATTENDANT COOL FRONT SAGGING THROUGH OUR NECK OF THE WOODS BY 12Z WED. ITS POSSIBLE THAT SOME WEAK SUPPORT FROM THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS SHORT WAVE COULD INTERACT WITH A WEAK LEE TROF JUST TO OUR WEST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND IGNITE A FEW MORE ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS. BEST SHOT AT THIS WOULD BE NORTH OF NYC AND MY CT ZONES. WITH MLCAPES AOA 1200 J/KG...ISOLD STRONG/DAMAGING WIND GUSTS COULD OCCUR. MOREOVER...PWATS ABOVE 2 WILL SUPPORT TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WHICH WOULD LIKELY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. OTHERWISE...EXPECT JUST A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND TSTMS TONIGHT...ENDING AROUND 12Z OVER COASTAL LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE OPPRESSIVE OVERNIGHT WITH MOST CITY LOCATIONS (ESPECIALLY LGA) PROBABLY SNEAKING JUST BELOW 80 FOR MINS. && .SHORT TERM (WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY)... FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD...BUT IT WILL STILL BE HOT. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE NOTICEABLY MORE TOLERABLE WED AND THURS...WITH DEWPOINTS FALLING INTO THE 60S. EXPECT HIGHS 90-95 BOTH DAYS...PERHAPS EVEN AT THE COAST BEFORE SEABREEZES KICK IN. HEAT INDICES WILL AGAIN HOWEVER APPROACH 100F ON WED IN NYC AND NERN NJ. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT SETTING OFF A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. GIVEN DIGGING S/W AND DECENT NW FLOW...SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS LIKE A DECENT BET FRI VIA THE GFS. WELL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. NO CHANGES TO LATER PERIODS. && .AVIATION... MVFR/VFR VSBYS IN HAZE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH HAS SET UP WEST OF NYC AND OBS SHOWING SOME WEAK CONVERGENCE ACROSS NE NJ SO THINK BEST CHANCE FOR TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WILL BE IN THIS AREA. COLD FRONT LAGGING BACK IN WESTERN NY STATE WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A GOOD DEAL OF INSTABILITY TONIGHT...TIME OF DAY IN WHICH FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL OCCUR EAST OF NYC HAS PROMPTED ME TO REMOVE TEMPO GROUPS FOR TSTMS UNTIL IT BECOME MORE APPARENT IF THEY WILL ACTUALLY OCCUR. HAVE INCLUDED CB APPENDAGE AT KBDR...KISP AND KGON TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT MAY ALSO CAUSE FOG TO DEVELOP BRIEFLY PRIOR TO ITS PASSAGE. DRIER W/NW FLOW WILL SCOUR IT OUT AND ALL TERMINALS SHOULD BE VFR BY 08Z. && .MARINE... WINDS/SEAS REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA THROUGH THE FCST PERIOD. && .HYDROLOGY... ANY TSTMS THROUGH THIS EVENING MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND ATTENDANT FLOOD THREAT GIVEN PWATS OVER 2 INCHES. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...HEAT ADVISORY TODAY...NYZ072>076. NJ...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && PUBLIC...EKSTER AVIATION...AL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 6:29 AM EDT, 10 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 629 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005 ANZ330-335-338-350-353-355-CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081- 201100- BERGEN NJ-BRONX NY-EASTERN PASSAIC NJ-ESSEX NJ-HUDSON NJ- KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY- NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT- NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER NY- NORTHWEST SUFFOLK NY-ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-QUEENS NY- RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-ROCKLAND NY-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK NY- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON CT-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK NY- UNION NJ-WESTERN PASSAIC NJ- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM-NEW YORK HARBOR- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 629 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DENSE FOG WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS COASTAL CONNECTICUT...COASTAL WESTCHESTER COUNTY...AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES LONG ISLAND SOUND AND THE OCEAN WATERS EAST OF MORICHES INLET. HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 90 TO 95 COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S WILL YIELD HEAT INDEX VALUES AT OR JUST ABOVE 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NEW YORK CITY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...MAY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...LOCALIZED FLOODING...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS. AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. GOODMAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 331 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005 NJZ003-192000- BERGEN- 331 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FOR BERGEN COUNTY... AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIDGEWOOD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN BERGEN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RIDGEWOOD...ORADELL AND NORWOOD...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MLE
Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:25 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
425 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0402 PM HAIL NORTHVALE 41.01N 73.95W
07/19/2005 0.75 INCH BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS ESTIMATED AT 65 MPH
0406 PM TSTM WND DMG NORWOOD 40.99N 73.95W
07/19/2005 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
&&
MLELocal storm report, Jul 19, 4:38 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
438 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG YONKERS 40.95N 73.87W
07/19/2005 WESTCHESTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
&&
MLESpecial weather statement, Jul 19, 4:59 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 459 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005 CTZ008-192200- NORTHERN NEW LONDON- 459 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FOR NEW LONDON COUNTY... AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH WINDHAM TO COLCHESTER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE IN NEW LONDON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LEBANON...COLCHESTER...BALTIC...SALEM...FITCHVILLE AND NORWICH...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MLE
Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:21 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
521 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0506 PM TSTM WND DMG PORTLAND 41.56N 72.63W
07/19/2005 MIDDLESEX CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
&&
MLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 67 min |
| Jul 19, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 64 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.