Alert archive / Connecticut / Tornado Warnings in 2020

Tornado Warning 7, NWS Albany, NY

August 2, 2020Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 2020, 6:09 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 51 min. 6 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: Aug 2, 2020, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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
Aug 2, 6:09 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Ssw Falls Village, CT	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TORNADO SIGHTNINGS REPORTED TO 911 CENTER.
Aug 2, 6:09 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Ssw Falls Village, CT	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TORNADO SIGHTNINGS REPORTED TO 911 CENTER. NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM ON 8/3/2020 CONFIRMED EF1 TORNADO.
Aug 2, 6:24 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 N Norfolk, CT	THE NWS ALBANY RECEIVED PHOTO AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS TODAY CONSISTENT WITH A TORNADO. THE NWS DID CONDUCT A SURVEY OF THIS AREA ON AUGUST 3, 2020, BUT COULD NOT LOCATE ANY DAMAGE. NOW WITH THIS INFORMATION, THE NWS CONFIRMS AN EF0 TORNADO, APPROXIMATELY 0.5 M
Aug 2, 6:59 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ene Sandsfield, MA	TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON SOUTH MAIN STREET
Aug 2, 6:59 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Ene Sandsfield, MA	MULTIPLE SIGHTINGS OF A TORNADO ON SOUTH MAIN STREET IN SANDISFIELD. TREES AND WIRES DOWN
Aug 2, 6:59 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Ene Sandsfield, MA	MULTIPLE SIGHTINGS OF A TORNADO ON SOUTH MAIN STREET IN SANDSFIELD. TREES AND WIRES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 2, 3:10 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

462 
WFUS51 KALY 022209
TORALY
CTC005-MAC003-022300-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0007.200802T2209Z-200802T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
609 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2020

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Litchfield County in northern Connecticut...
  Southeastern Berkshire County in western Massachusetts...

* Until 700 PM EDT.
    
* At 609 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Falls Village, or 14 miles northwest of
  Torrington, moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Canaan and Ashley Falls around 620 PM EDT.
  Norfolk around 625 PM EDT.
  Sandisfield around 645 PM EDT.
  Otis around 700 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Huntsville, Sodom, South Canaan, Hitchcock Corners, East Sheffield,
Hartsville, Konkapot, Wangum Village, North Colebrook and Gomorrah.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

Please report hail size...damaging winds and reports of trees down to
the National Weather Service by email at Alb.Stormreport@noaa.gov...
On Facebook at www.facebook.com/nwsalbany or twitter @nwsalbany

LAT...LON 4203 7301 4186 7334 4195 7347 4225 7317
      4218 7302 4215 7303 4215 7307 4212 7306
      4211 7307 4209 7307 4207 7306 4204 7306
      4204 7301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 226DEG 22KT 4196 7335 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MSE

1 follow-up statement

809 
WWUS51 KALY 022249
SVSALY

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
649 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2020

CTC005-022258-
/O.CAN.KALY.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-200802T2300Z/
Litchfield CT-
649 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for northern
Connecticut...and western Massachusetts.

LAT...LON 4215 7303 4215 7307 4212 7306 4211 7307
      4209 7307 4207 7306 4204 7306 4205 7337
      4225 7317 4218 7302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 229DEG 20KT 4207 7314 

$$

MAC003-022300-
/O.CON.KALY.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-200802T2300Z/
Berkshire MA-
649 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY...
    
At 648 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Sandisfield, or 14 miles southeast of Great
Barrington, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This dangerous storm will be near...
  Otis around 710 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include South
Sandisfield, Otis Wood Lanes, Hartsville, Konkapot, Gomorrah, New
Boston, New Marlborough, Montville, Free Quarter and Roosterville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 4215 7303 4215 7307 4212 7306 4211 7307
      4209 7307 4207 7306 4204 7306 4205 7337
      4225 7317 4218 7302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 229DEG 20KT 4207 7314 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MSE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY		50 min
Aug 2, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	53 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Connecticut, 2020 Tornado Warnings in Massachusetts, 2020 Every tornado warning in 2020 Tornadoes in 2020

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.