Alert archive / Connecticut / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 11, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
530
WFUS51 KOKX 081900
TOROKX
CTC001-081930-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0011.120908T1900Z-120908T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
300 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
* AT 258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SHERMAN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4163 7349 4155 7345 4150 7344 4150 7343
4144 7352 4145 7354 4162 7353 4163 7352
4166 7349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 220DEG 29KT 4153 7348
$$
JM1 follow-up statement
210
WWUS51 KOKX 081930
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
330 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
CTC001-081940-
/O.EXP.KOKX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120908T1930Z/
FAIRFIELD CT-
330 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4163 7349 4155 7345 4150 7344 4150 7343
4144 7352 4145 7354 4162 7353 4163 7352
4166 7349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 220DEG 29KT 4172 7327
$$
JMThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 59 min | |
| Sep 8, 11:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 12:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 59 min | |
| Sep 8, 12:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 22 min |
| Sep 8, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 62 min | |
| Sep 8, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 86 min |
| Sep 8, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.