Alert archive / Connecticut / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2013, 11:08 AM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 22 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
- Jul 1, 2013, 11:08 AM EDT (15:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2013, 11:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 11:20 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wilton, CT | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON DRUM HILL ROAD. ROAD CLOSED. |
| Jul 1, 11:25 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Redding, CT | TREE AND WIRES DOWN NEAR 41 SHERMAN TURNPIKE |
| Jul 1, 11:40 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Redding, CT | TREE AND WIRES DOWN NEAR 41 SHERMAN TURNPIKE |
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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 687 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
616
WFUS51 KOKX 011508
TOROKX
CTC001-011530-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0002.130701T1508Z-130701T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1108 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT...
* AT 1104 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEW
CANAAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH JUST NORTH OF THE MERRITT
PARKWAY.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WILTON BY 1125 AM...
GEORGETOWN BY 1130 AM...
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.
LAT...LON 4131 7338 4117 7326 4109 7359 4113 7364
4116 7360 4121 7349 4122 7348 4123 7350
TIME...MOT...LOC 1506Z 237DEG 20KT 4114 7356
$$
TONGUE2 follow-up statements
332
WWUS51 KOKX 011524
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1124 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
CTC001-011530-
/O.CON.KOKX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130701T1530Z/
FAIRFIELD CT-
1124 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR
FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
AT 1116 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUE TO
INDICATE A STRONG ROTATING THUNDERSTORM OVER WILTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF POSSIBLE TORNADOES
EARLIER THIS MORNING OVER NEW JERSEY.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO AS IT MOVES
THROUGH WILTON TOWARDS WESTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4119 7330 4116 7348 4119 7351 4121 7348
4122 7349 4122 7348 4122 7349 4123 7350
4131 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 237DEG 22KT 4119 7346
$$
JST607
WWUS51 KOKX 011529
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1129 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
CTC001-011537-
/O.EXP.KOKX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130701T1530Z/
FAIRFIELD CT-
1129 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1130 AM EDT...
THE CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORM OVER WILTON AND
WESTON HAS WEAKENED...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1130
AM.
LAT...LON 4119 7330 4116 7348 4119 7351 4121 7348
4122 7349 4122 7348 4122 7349 4123 7350
4131 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 233DEG 17KT 4121 7343
$$
JSTThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 41 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 119 min |
| Jul 1, 11:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 117 min |
| Jul 1, 12:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 116 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.