Alert archive / Connecticut / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 9, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2012, 12:23 PM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 22 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, 12:23 PM EDT (16:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 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), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.
514
WFUS51 KOKX 081623
TOROKX
CTC001-009-081645-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0009.120908T1623Z-120908T1645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1223 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
WESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT...
* AT 1218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BETHEL...OR
NEAR DANBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NEWTOWN AND SOUTHBURY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1
INCH SIZE HAIL AND 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 4150 7311 4131 7344 4135 7353 4151 7345
4150 7343 4152 7339 4149 7337 4148 7333
4150 7333 4151 7332 4152 7327 4152 7316
TIME...MOT...LOC 1622Z 211DEG 27KT 4140 7343
$$
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, 12:58 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, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 30 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.