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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY

June 10, 2010Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2010, 3:12 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 48 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: Jun 10, 2010, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2010, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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
Jun 10, 3:17 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Litchfield, CT	SIGHTED OVER THE VILLAGE GREEN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

663 
WFUS51 KALY 101912
TORALY
CTC005-102000-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0002.100610T1912Z-100610T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
312 PM EDT THU JUN 10 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CORNWALL
  BRIDGE...OR 8 MILES WEST OF TORRINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MILTON BETWEEN 315 PM AND 320 PM EDT...
  LITCHFIELD AND LITCHFIELD GREEN BY 320 PM EDT...
  THOMASTON BY 335 PM EDT...
  OAKVILLE AND TERRYVILLE BY 340 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE... DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

LAT...LON 4155 7316 4179 7344 4188 7327 4170 7299
      4164 7298 4163 7302 4162 7302 4157 7309
      4155 7314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 316DEG 26KT 4178 7325

$$

KL

2 follow-up statements

725 
WWUS51 KALY 101934
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
334 PM EDT THU JUN 10 2010

CTC005-102000-
/O.CON.KALY.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100610T2000Z/
LITCHFIELD CT-
334 PM EDT THU JUN 10 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
LITCHFIELD COUNTY...

AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTHFIELD...OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF WOLCOTT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HANCOCK...OAKVILLE...DELANO FIELD AND WATERTOWN BY 340 PM EDT...
  ALLENTOWN BY 345 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS 
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. 

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.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

LAT...LON 4155 7316 4179 7344 4179 7328 4170 7299
      4164 7298 4163 7302 4162 7302 4157 7309
      4155 7314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 316DEG 26KT 4166 7311

$$

KL

301 
WWUS51 KALY 101954
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
354 PM EDT THU JUN 10 2010

CTC005-102004-
/O.EXP.KALY.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100610T2000Z/
LITCHFIELD CT-
354 PM EDT THU JUN 10 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM EDT...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 4155 7316 4179 7344 4179 7328 4170 7299
      4164 7298 4163 7302 4162 7302 4157 7309
      4155 7314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 316DEG 26KT 4156 7298

$$

KL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	64 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.