Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2016, 4:41 PM EDT for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 49 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
- Aug 11, 2016, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2016, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1804 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
184
WUUS51 KOKX 112041
SVROKX
CTC011-112130-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SV.W.0049.160811T2041Z-160811T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
441 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 440 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WILLIMANTIC TO NEAR HEBRON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SPRAGUE AROUND 450 PM EDT.
SALEM AND BOZRAH AROUND 455 PM EDT.
NORWICH...GRISWOLD AND LISBON AROUND 500 PM EDT.
PRESTON...VOLUNTOWN AND GALES FERRY AROUND 505 PM EDT.
LEDYARD AND LEDYARD CENTER AROUND 510 PM EDT.
NORWICH--NEW LONDON AROUND 520 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
POQUONOCK BRIDGE...FRANKLIN...MONTVILLE...JEWETT CITY AND NORTH
STONINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4142 7180 4141 7184 4140 7184 4130 7198
4130 7200 4149 7232 4153 7233 4153 7238
4158 7246 4160 7241 4160 7233 4164 7233
4167 7227 4169 7227 4171 7224 4166 7216
4166 7212 4163 7196 4164 7186 4164 7179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 295DEG 41KT 4173 7221 4167 7236
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BC1 follow-up statement
080
WWUS51 KOKX 112119
SVSOKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
519 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
CTC011-112130-
/O.CON.KOKX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160811T2130Z/
NEW LONDON CT-
519 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW LONDON COUNTY...
AT 519 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WINDHAM TO MARLBOROUGH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LEBANON AROUND 525 PM EDT.
SPRAGUE AROUND 530 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
FRANKLIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4149 7231 4153 7233 4153 7238 4158 7246
4160 7241 4159 7239 4160 7238 4160 7233
4164 7233 4167 7227 4169 7227 4171 7224
4166 7216 4166 7212 4164 7200 4159 7210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 296DEG 9KT 4173 7213 4164 7244
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BCThe office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 9:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 51 min | |
| Aug 11, 2:27 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 24 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 49 min | |
| Aug 11, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | 44 min | |
| Aug 11, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 6:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 114 min |
| Aug 11, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 7:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.