Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2013, 6:20 PM EDT for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2013, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2013, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 17, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 1:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 122 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ072>075- 078>081-176>179-181730- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM-WESTERN PASSAIC- EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX- EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 122 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. CTZ005>012-NYZ067>071-181730- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 122 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 321 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
229 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
CTZ009-010-171900-
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
229 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT FAIRFIELD AND SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN
COUNTIES...
AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MILFORD TO
WESTPORT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MILFORD TO NORWALK...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE...
NEAR MILFORD BY 235 PM.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE
TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 4125 7296 4120 7301 4120 7306 4117 7310
4114 7310 4116 7320 4111 7326 4112 7330
4110 7334 4106 7338 4109 7342 4123 7321
4123 7316 4125 7315 4127 7311 4126 7309
4130 7307
JMCLocal storm report, Jun 17, 2:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
240 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM TSTM WND DMG NORWALK 41.09N 73.42W
06/17/2013 FAIRFIELD CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO DIFFERENT REPORTS OF WIRES DOWN. TREE DOWN ON WIRES
ON SCRIBNER AVENUE.
&&
LNSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 2:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
240 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
NJZ004-006-105>108-171915-
EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN UNION-HUDSON-WESTERN
ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
240 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON
AND NORTHERN UNION COUNTIES...
AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MADISON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PEOPLE IN EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON AND NORTHERN UNION
COUNTIES...INCLUDING SUMMIT...MILLBURN...UNION...ORANGE...
BLOOMFIELD...NEWARK...HARRISON AND KEARNY...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE
TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 4074 7438 4080 7437 4082 7434 4086 7432
4088 7412 4086 7411 4086 7412 4083 7412
4081 7414 4079 7415 4077 7413 4078 7410
4066 7411 4067 7446 4067 7447
JMCSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 2:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
259 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
NYZ078-079-081-171930-
NORTHEAST SUFFOLK-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK-
259 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SUFFOLK COUNTY...
AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MILFORD TO PORT JEFFERSON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE...
NEAR MOUNT SINAI BY 305 PM.
NEAR MIDDLE ISLAND BY 315 PM.
NEAR WADING RIVER BY 325 PM.
NEAR CALVERTON BY 330 PM.
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE
TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 4081 7276 4094 7316 4096 7317 4097 7316
4097 7314 4098 7312 4097 7306 4097 7287
4099 7265 4101 7258 4107 7247 4106 7241
JMCSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 3:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
309 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
NJZ006-108-NYZ072>075-176>179-172000-
BRONX-EASTERN UNION-HUDSON-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NEW YORK
(MANHATTAN)-NORTHERN NASSAU-NORTHERN QUEENS-RICHMOND (STATEN
IS.)-SOUTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
309 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT BRONX...EASTERN UNION...HUDSON...
KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN
ISLAND) AND WESTERN NASSAU COUNTIES...
AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEWARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE...
NEAR JERSEY CITY BY 315 PM.
NEAR BATTERY PARK BY 320 PM.
NEAR LOWER EAST SIDE BY 325 PM.
NEAR CROWN HEIGHTS BY 330 PM.
NEAR CANARSIE BY 335 PM.
NEAR FOREST HILLS BY 340 PM.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE
TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 4062 7426 4071 7424 4069 7420 4069 7416
4068 7414 4073 7411 4074 7413 4074 7417
4078 7415 4076 7409 4079 7408 4082 7402
4080 7398 4082 7397 4083 7380 4080 7377
4083 7376 4083 7354 4058 7356
JMCLocal storm report, Jun 17, 4:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
453 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM TSTM WND DMG NORWALK 41.09N 73.42W
06/17/2013 FAIRFIELD CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO DIFFERENT REPORTS OF WIRES DOWN. TREE DOWN ON WIRES
ON SCRIBNER AVENUE.
0215 PM MARINE TSTM WIND NORWALK 41.09N 73.42W
06/17/2013 M59 MPH FAIRFIELD CT MESONET
NORWALK LIGHT MESONET
0215 PM TSTM WND GST NORWALK 41.09N 73.42W
06/17/2013 M59 MPH FAIRFIELD CT MESONET
NORWALK LIGHT MESONET
0220 PM TSTM WND DMG NORWALK 41.09N 73.42W
06/17/2013 FAIRFIELD CT BROADCAST MEDIA
LARGE TREE DOWN AT CALF PASTURE BEACH.
0324 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 1 NE SAINT GEORGE 40.66N 74.06W
06/17/2013 M48 MPH ANZ338 NY MESONET
ROBINS REEF MESONET
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG EAST FLATBUSH 40.65N 73.93W
06/17/2013 KINGS NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE FELL ONTO HOME. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
&&
LNThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Rockland | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Westchester | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Westchester | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 84 min | |
| Jun 17, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 68 min | |
| Jun 17, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 92 min | |
| Jun 17, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 3:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens | 97 min |
| Jun 17, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 45 min | |
| Jun 17, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 63 min | |
| Jun 17, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Essex | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 31 min | |
| Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 42 min | |
| Jun 17, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 6:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 3 hr |
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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.