Alert archive / Connecticut / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2007, 12:46 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 29 min. 6 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 5, 2007, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2007, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 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 5, 1:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Southbury, CT | |
| Jun 5, 1:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Naugatuck, CT | |
| Jun 5, 1:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Southington, CT | |
| Jun 5, 1:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Southington, CT | |
| Jun 5, 1:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Naugatuck, CT | WINDSHIELD DAMAGE FROM HAILSTONES |
| Jun 5, 1:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Southington, CT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KOKX 051646
TOROKX
CTC001-009-051715-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0001.070605T1646Z-070605T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1246 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT...
* AT 1241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
SOUTHBURY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NAUGATUCK AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF WATERBURY BY 110 PM...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 4140 7342 4133 7335 4142 7318 4159 7285
4167 7297 4150 7334
$$
GOODMAN1 follow-up statement
000 WFUS51 KOKX 051653 CCA TOROKX CTC009-051715- /O.COR.KOKX.TO.W.0001.070605T1646Z-070605T1715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1246 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... * UNTIL 115 PM EDT... * AT 1241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SOUTHBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BEACON FALLS BY 1255 PM... NAUGATUCK BY 100 PM... WATERBURY BY 105 PM... WOLCOTT...CHESHIRE AND 9 MILES WEST OF MERIDEN BY 115 PM... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4148 7333 4136 7315 4152 7278 4165 7297 $$ GOODMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 1:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 92 min |
| Jun 5, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 60 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.