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Tornado Warning 1, NWS New York, NY

August 7, 2008Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2008, 5:54 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 36 min. 28 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: Aug 7, 2008, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2008, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS New York, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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
Aug 7, 5:57 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nw Bridgeport, CT	TREES AND WIRES DOWN ALONG SOMERVILLE RD EAST OF BLACK ROCK TRNPK
Aug 7, 5:57 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nw Bridgeport, CT	TREES AND WIRES DOWN ALONG SOMERVILLE RD EAST OF BLACK ROCK TRNPK
Aug 7, 5:57 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	5 Nw Bridgeport, CT
Aug 7, 5:57 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	5 Nw Bridgeport, CT
Aug 7, 6:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Trumbull, CT	TREE DOWN
Aug 7, 6:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Trumbull, CT	TREE DOWN
Aug 7, 6:15 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 46	Bridgeport, CT	ESTIMATED WINDS OF 35-40 KT
Aug 7, 6:20 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Ne Bridgeport, CT	FUNNEL CLOUD SEEN 1/2 MILE TO THE NORTHEAST OF BRIDGEPORT
Aug 7, 6:20 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Ne Bridgeport, CT	FUNNEL CLOUD SEEN 1/2 MILE TO THE NORTHEAST OF BRIDGEPORT
Aug 7, 6:26 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Bridgeport, CT	QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Stratford, CT	LARGE BRANCH DOWN ON NAUGATUCK AVENUE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Stratford, CT	LARGE BRANCH DOWN ON NAUGATUCK AVENUE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Milford, CT	TREE DOWN ON HOUSE IN RIVERCLIFF AREA. TIME APPROXIMATE.
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Milford, CT	TREE DOWN ON HOUSE IN RIVERCLIFF AREA. TIME APPROXIMATE.
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Milford, CT	TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON HAZELWOOD AVE. TIME APPROXIAMTE.
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Milford, CT	TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON SACHEM ST. TIME APPROXIMATE.
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Milford, CT	TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON SACHEM ST. TIME APPROXIMATE.
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Milford, CT	TREES DOWN ON 900 BLOCK OF NAUGATUCK.
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Milford, CT	TRESS DOWN VALLEY VIEW RD. TIME APPROXIMATE.
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Stratford, CT	POLE SNAPPED IN HALF WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON FERRY BOULEVARD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Stratford, CT	POLE SNAPPED IN HALF WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON FERRY BOULEVARD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Stratford, CT	SHINGLES TORN OFF HOUSE 1 MILE NE OF SUCCESS HILL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Stratford, CT	HALF INCH TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND
Aug 7, 6:32 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Milford, CT	TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON FLORA ST.
Aug 7, 6:32 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Milford, CT	TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON FLORA ST.
Aug 7, 6:32 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 51	2 Se Bridgeport, CT	SIKORSKY AIRPORT ASOS.
Aug 7, 6:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Milford, CT	TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON MERRITT AND OLD POINT RD. TIME APPROXIMATE.
Aug 7, 6:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Milford, CT	TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON MERRITT AND OLD POINT RD. TIME APPROXIMATE.

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
Aug 7, 12:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 44 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KOKX 072154
TOROKX
CTC001-009-072230-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0001.080807T2154Z-080807T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
554 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

* AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TRUMBULL...
  OR NEAR BRIDGEPORT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TRUMBULL BY 605 PM...
  BRIDGEPORT BY 610 PM...
  STRATFORD BY 620 PM...
  MILFORD AND ORANGE BY 630 PM...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER 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.

LAT...LON 4132 7300 4120 7300 4120 7301 4120 7304
      4118 7305 4119 7307 4117 7310 4115 7310
      4121 7334 4131 7331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 274DEG 13KT 4124 7326

$$

GOODMAN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KOKX 072217
SVSOKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
617 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

CTC009-072227-
/O.CAN.KOKX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080807T2230Z/
NEW HAVEN CT-
617 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAVEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM THURSDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4126 7310 4123 7312 4120 7311 4119 7312
      4115 7310 4115 7311 4116 7311 4119 7324
      4125 7320 4129 7308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 313DEG 12KT 4117 7316

$$

CTC001-072230-
/O.CON.KOKX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080807T2230Z/
FAIRFIELD CT-
617 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR FAIRFIELD
COUNTY...

AT 615 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR BRIDGEPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 14 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZED 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.

LAT...LON 4126 7310 4123 7312 4120 7311 4119 7312
      4115 7310 4115 7311 4116 7311 4119 7324
      4125 7320 4129 7308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 313DEG 12KT 4117 7316

$$

GOODMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 1:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	3 hr
Aug 7, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	67 min
Aug 7, 2:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	2 hr
Aug 7, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	53 min
Aug 7, 3:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	3 hr
Aug 7, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	18 min
Aug 7, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	40 min
Aug 7, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	45 min
Aug 7, 4:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	2 hr
Aug 7, 5:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	110 min
Aug 7, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	40 min
Aug 7, 6:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	85 min
Aug 7, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	51 min
Aug 7, 6:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	97 min
Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	30 min
Aug 7, 7:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	113 min
Aug 7, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	49 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.