Alert archive / Connecticut / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY
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
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gaylordsville, CT | NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED STRAIGHT LINE WINDS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNING TREES. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 85-95 MPH. |
| Jul 19, 2:38 PM EDT | TORNADO | Hurds Corner, CT | REPORTED 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 EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | New Preston, CT | REPORTED EXTENDING THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY FROM CLOUD BASE TO GROUND. |
| Jul 19, 2:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | New Preston, CT | |
| Jul 19, 3:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Thomaston, CT | TREES 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:39 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 67 min |
| Jul 19, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 31 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.