Alert archive / Connecticut / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2006, 3:53 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 37 min. 4 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
- Jul 12, 2006, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2006, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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 12, 4:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Stamford, CT | LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG BEDFORD ROAD IN TOWN OF GREENWICH |
| Jul 12, 4:01 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | North Greenwich, CT | TORNADO CONTINUED INTO FAIRFIELD COUNTY FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY. F1 DAMAGE. |
| Jul 12, 4:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Stamford, CT | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN GREENWICH CONNECTICUT |
| Jul 12, 4:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Stamford, CT | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN GREENWICH CONNECTICUT |
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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 1031 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KOKX 121954
TOROKX
CTC001-122030-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0002.060712T1953Z-060712T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
353 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
* AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF
NEW CANAAN...OR ABOUT NEAR WHITE PLAINS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
NEW CANAAN BY 425 PM.
NORWALK...WILTON AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN BY 430 PM.
THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A WATERSPOUT NEAR THE TAPPAN ZEE
BRIDGE. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4110 7335 4111 7336 4108 7339 4104 7347
4105 7348 4100 7365 4102 7365 4110 7372
4120 7350 4121 7347 4126 7351 4127 7343
$$
MALOIT2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KOKX 122012
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
411 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
CTC001-122030-
/O.CON.KOKX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060712T2030Z/
FAIRFIELD CT-
411 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
AT 410 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NEW CANAAN...OR ABOUT NEAR STAMFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NORWALK AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF WILTON BY 425 PM.
THE STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND WINDS OF AT
LEAST 58 MPH IN CENTRAL WESTCHESTER COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
STORM
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4110 7335 4111 7336 4108 7339 4104 7347
4105 7348 4100 7365 4102 7365 4110 7372
4120 7350 4121 7347 4123 7341
$$
MALOIT000
WWUS51 KOKX 122029
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
426 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
CTC001-122036-
/O.EXP.KOKX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060712T2030Z/
FAIRFIELD CT-
426 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY EXPIRES AT
430 PM EDT...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PLEASE REPORT ANY TORNADOES...HAIL OR
DOWNED TREES TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHO WILL RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4110 7335 4111 7336 4108 7339 4104 7347
4105 7348 4100 7365 4102 7365 4110 7372
4120 7350 4121 7347 4123 7341
$$
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 3:40 AM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 24 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 51 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.