Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2006, 7:03 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 1, 2006, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2006, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Danbury, CT | DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES |
| Jun 1, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brookfield, CT | DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 012303 SVROKX CTC001-012330- /O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0021.060601T2303Z-060601T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 703 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... * UNTIL 730 PM EDT... * AT 658 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DANBURY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTH OF BETHEL BY 710 PM. NEWTOWN BY 720 PM. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 4153 7357 4134 7355 4138 7321 4153 7337 $$ NV
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KOKX 012326 SVSOKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 723 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 CTC001-012333- /O.EXP.KOKX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060601T2330Z/ FAIRFIELD CT- 723 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 PM EDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS THE WARNED THUNDERSTORM IS WEAKENING AND MOVING EAST OF THE REGION. LAT...LON 4153 7357 4134 7355 4138 7321 4153 7337 $$ NV
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.