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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY

July 19, 2007Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2007, 2:33 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 42 min. 5 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 19, 2007, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2007, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 19, 2:38 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGaylordsville, CTNWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED STRAIGHT LINE WINDS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNING TREES. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 85-95 MPH.
Jul 19, 2:38 PM EDTTORNADOHurds Corner, CTREPORTED BY NEW MILFORD POLICE. LOCATION WAS IN THE VICINITY OF LONG MOUNTAIN ROAD AND WEST MEETINGHOUSE ROAD IN THE TOWN OF NEW MILFORD.
Jul 19, 2:43 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUDNew Preston, CTREPORTED EXTENDING THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY FROM CLOUD BASE TO GROUND.
Jul 19, 2:43 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 64New Preston, CT
Jul 19, 3:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGThomaston, CTTREES DOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KALY 191833
TORALY
CTC005-191915-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0001.070719T1833Z-070719T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
233 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 231 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  GAYLORDSVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR SHERMAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW MILFORD BY 240 PM EDT...
  NEW PRESTON BY 245 PM EDT...
  LITCHFIELD BY 305 PM EDT...
  OAKVILLE BY 310 PM EDT...
  THOMASTON AND TERRYVILLE BY 315 PM EDT...

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.

LAT...LON 4171 7362 4153 7359 4157 7286 4181 7290

$$

NAS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KALY 191858
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
257 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007

CTC005-191915-
/O.CON.KALY.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070719T1915Z/
LITCHFIELD CT-
257 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
LITCHFIELD COUNTY...

AT 252 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AND 
STRONG WINDS. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HORSE HEAVEN...OR ABOUT 
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW MILFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MINORTOWN AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF HAIGHT VINEYARD BY 305 PM EDT...
  WATERTOWN...DELANO FIELD...REYNOLDS BRIDGE AND OAKVILLE BY 310 PM
  EDT...
  HANCOCK...TOLLES...PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOUTH GREEN BY 315 PM EDT...

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.

LAT...LON 4171 7362 4153 7359 4157 7286 4181 7290

$$

NAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 2:39 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region6 hr
Jul 19, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region67 min
Jul 19, 3:14 PM EDTTornado WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region31 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.