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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albany, NY

December 1, 2006Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Dec 1, 2006, 7:03 PM EST for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 35 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: Dec 1, 2006, 7:03 PM EST (00:03 UTC)
Expired: Dec 1, 2006, 7:38 PM EST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 1, 7:25 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Winsted, CT	POWER POLES AND LINES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 1, 3:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Dec 1, 6:11 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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: 139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KALY 020003
TORALY
CTC005-020045-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0004.061202T0003Z-061202T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
703 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TORRINGTON

* UNTIL 745 PM EST

* AT 701 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KENT...OR  
  ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF NEW MILFORD...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50  
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  TORRINGTON BY 715 PM EST
  WINSTED BY 720 PM EST
  NEW HARTFORD BY 725 PM EST

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY 
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A 
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE 
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER 
YOUR HEAD.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.


LAT...LON 4179 7361 4163 7350 4215 7203 4239 7220

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KALY 020038
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
737 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

CTC005-020047-
/O.CAN.KALY.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061202T0045Z/
LITCHFIELD CT-
737 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT CONTAINED A POTENTIAL TORNADO HAS MOVED EAST 
OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 
PM EDT...AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD 
COUNTY MAY STILL CONTAIN ISOLATED...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4179 7361 4163 7350 4215 7203 4239 7220

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 1, 8:57 PM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	14 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.