Alert archive / Connecticut / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2007, 3:21 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 39 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
- Jul 19, 2007, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2007, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Capitol Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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 19, 3:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bristol, CT | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN IN WEST BRISTOL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 KBOX 191921
TORBOX
CTC003-192000-
/O.NEW.KBOX.TO.W.0004.070719T1921Z-070719T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
321 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW BRITAIN...BRISTOL...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 319 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BRISTOL...
OR ABOUT NEAR WOLCOTT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BRISTOL BY 330 PM EDT...
PLAINVILLE BY 335 PM EDT...
FARMINGTON BY 340 PM EDT...
NEW BRITAIN BY 345 PM EDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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 4164 7293 4165 7298 4172 7300 4173 7279
4162 7275 4160 7293
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 266DEG 24KT 4166 7302
$$
EKSTER/KJC2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBOX 191947
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
347 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007
CTC003-192000-
/O.CON.KBOX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070719T2000Z/
HARTFORD CT-
347 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL HARTFORD COUNTY...
AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FARMINGTON...OR
ABOUT NEAR NEW BRITAIN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NEW BRITAIN BY 355 PM EDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4172 7292 4173 7285 4173 7280 4171 7278
4169 7278 4168 7277 4166 7277 4164 7290
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 255DEG 20KT 4170 7285
$$
MLE000
WWUS51 KBOX 191953
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
351 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007
CTC003-192001-
/O.EXP.KBOX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070719T2000Z/
HARTFORD CT-
351 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HARTFORD COUNTY EXPIRES AT
400 PM EDT...
RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT THE ROTATION IN THE STORM HAS WEAKENED
SIGNIFICANTLY. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM. HOWEVER...THE STORM IS STILL CONSIDERED
SEVERE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND
CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.
LAT...LON 4172 7292 4173 7285 4173 7280 4171 7278
4169 7278 4168 7277 4166 7277 4164 7290
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 255DEG 20KT 4170 7282
$$
MLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 56 min |
| Jul 19, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 65 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.