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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Albany, NY

September 8, 2012Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2012, 1:52 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 38 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: Sep 8, 2012, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired: Sep 8, 2012, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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
Sep 8, 1:52 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Northfield, CT	WIRES DOWN

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
Sep 8, 11:18 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr
Sep 8, 12:40 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

431 
WFUS51 KALY 081752
TORALY
CTC005-081830-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0006.120908T1752Z-120908T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
152 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  THOMASTON...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOLCOTT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   TORRINGTON BY 205 PM EDT...
   NEW HARTFORD AND WINSTED BY 220 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

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
OR ON FACEBOOK AT
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV.

&&

LAT...LON 4167 7328 4204 7311 4204 7300 4197 7302
      4198 7289 4196 7288 4191 7290 4189 7294
      4186 7295 4184 7293 4182 7294 4179 7301
      4171 7299 4160 7306
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 203DEG 25KT 4172 7312

$$

HWJIV

2 follow-up statements

038 
WWUS51 KALY 081822
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
222 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

CTC005-081830-
/O.CON.KALY.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120908T1830Z/
LITCHFIELD CT-
222 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LITCHFIELD COUNTY...

AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PUDDLE TOWN...OR 9
MILES EAST OF TORRINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

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.

AT APPROXIMATELY 152 PM EDT...TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN NORTHFIELD.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR
ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV.

&&

LAT...LON 4177 7303 4183 7301 4192 7301 4197 7301
      4197 7293 4198 7289 4196 7288 4191 7290
      4189 7294 4186 7295 4184 7293 4182 7294
      4179 7301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 213DEG 26KT 4188 7292

$$

BGM/HWJIV

488 
WWUS51 KALY 081831
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
231 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

CTC005-081840-
/O.EXP.KALY.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120908T1830Z/
LITCHFIELD CT-
231 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LITCHFIELD COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF 
LITCHFIELD COUNTY.  

PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR
ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EASTERN NEW
YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

LAT...LON 4177 7303 4183 7301 4192 7301 4197 7301
      4197 7293 4198 7289 4196 7288 4191 7290
      4189 7294 4186 7295 4184 7293 4182 7294
      4179 7301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 213DEG 26KT 4189 7291

$$

HWJIV

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 8, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	58 min
Sep 8, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	21 min
Sep 8, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		30 min
Sep 8, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		24 min
Sep 8, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	57 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.