Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2012, 4:36 PM EDT for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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
- May 26, 2012, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | East Hampton, CT | TREE LIMBS DOWN IN EAST HAMPTON. |
| May 26, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | East Hampton, CT | TREE DOWN IN EAST HAMPTON. |
| May 26, 5:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | East Hampton, CT | NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN EAST HAMPTON. |
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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
527
WUUS51 KOKX 262036
SVROKX
CTC007-011-262115-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0004.120526T2036Z-120526T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
436 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHWESTERN NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
* AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
EAST HAMPTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST
HADDAM...COLCHESTER...SALEM AND NORTH LYME
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4131 7231 4154 7268 4164 7259 4165 7251
4159 7246 4159 7242 4160 7242 4160 7238
4160 7237 4161 7233 4152 7212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 304DEG 12KT 4157 7252
$$
DSW2 follow-up statements
737
WWUS51 KOKX 262100
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
500 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012
CTC007-011-262115-
/O.CON.KOKX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120526T2115Z/
NEW LONDON CT-MIDDLESEX CT-
500 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR MIDDLESEX AND WESTERN NEW LONDON COUNTIES...
AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MOODUS...OR NEAR EAST HAMPTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST
HADDAM...COLCHESTER...SALEM...NORTH LYME...MILLINGTON...DEEP RIVER
AND CHESTER
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4131 7231 4151 7263 4160 7255 4162 7250
4159 7246 4159 7242 4160 7242 4160 7237
4161 7233 4152 7212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 304DEG 12KT 4153 7243
$$
DSW562
WWUS51 KOKX 262115
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
515 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012
CTC007-011-262125-
/O.EXP.KOKX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120526T2115Z/
NEW LONDON CT-MIDDLESEX CT-
515 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MIDDLESEX AND WESTERN NEW
LONDON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4131 7231 4151 7263 4160 7255 4162 7250
4159 7246 4159 7242 4160 7242 4160 7237
4161 7233 4152 7212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 304DEG 12KT 4153 7243
$$
DSWThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:45 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 8 hr |
| May 26, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 41 min | |
| May 26, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 58 min | |
| May 26, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 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.