Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2008, 1:02 PM EDT for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2008, 1:02 PM EDT (17:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2008, 1:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 24, 10:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 10:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 4:40 AM EDT, 8 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 440 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011- NYZ067>081-250845- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD- NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NEW LONDON- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX- HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 440 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS TODAY...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS SHOULD BRING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING...AND ALSO SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. GOODMAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:34 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1234 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 CTZ008-241700- NORTHERN NEW LONDON- 1234 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN NEW LONDON COUNTY... AT 1232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VOLUNTOWN...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLAINFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. NV
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:46 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1246 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 CTZ008-012-241745- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 1246 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN NEW LONDON COUNTY... AT 1241 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WATERFORD...OR 7 MILES WEST OF NEW LONDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR NEW LONDON BY 1255 PM. NEAR GROTON BY 100 PM. NEAR MYSTIC BY 110 PM. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. NV
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:56 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1256 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 CTZ008-241800- NORTHERN NEW LONDON- 1256 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN NEW LONDON COUNTY... AT 1251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEBANON...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLIMANTIC...AND MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES NORTH OF VOLUNTOWN BY 155 PM. HEABY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. NV
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 29 min | |
| Jun 24, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 56 min | |
| Jun 23, 8:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 9:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 1:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 39 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.