Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 20, 1995Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1995, 4:03 PM EDT for Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1995, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1995, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1762 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KBOS 202003 RRA
SVRBOS
RIC003-007-202030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
403 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND
 
   ...EASTERN KENT COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
 
IN NORTH RHODE ISLAND
 
   ...SOUTHERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY
 
AT 400 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN JOHNSTON. THIS STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO
WARWICK AND NORTHERN NARRAGANSETT BAY BY 415 PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
JL

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Rhode Island, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.