Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 4, 1995Kent County, Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1995, 6:25 PM EDT for Kent County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 1995, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kent County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1276 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBOS 042224 RRA
SVRBOS
RIC003-009-042315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
625 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND
 
   ...WESTERN KENT COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
 
IN SOUTH RHODE ISLAND
 
   ...NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AT 620 PM ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
INTO WESTERN KENT COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY
AFFECT WESTERN KENT COUNTY BETWEEN 630 AND 700 PM AND
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AFTER 645 PM.
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS...ASK YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO
RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
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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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 5:52 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
552 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 1995

TIME (EDT) ...CITY LOCATION...   STATE   EVENT/REMARKS
           ...COUNTY (CTY)...

315 PM        WARE               MA      DIME-SIZE HAIL
              HAMPSHIRE CTY

320 PM TO     WARE               MA      TREES AND WIRES DOWN
350 PM        HAMPSHIRE CTY              ROADS BLOCKED

322 PM TO     HARDWICK           MA      TREES DOWN (PER P.D.)
420 PM        WORCESTER CTY

415 PM        WARREN             MA      TREES ANCn4 WORCESTER CTY

415 PM        WARREN             MA      TREES AND WIRES DOWN
              WORCESTER CTY              (FROM P.D.)

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 5:52 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
552 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 1995

TIME (EDT) ...CITY LOCATION...   STATE   EVENT/REMARKS
           ...COUNTY (CTY)...

315 PM        WARE               MA      DIME-SIZE HAIL
              HAMPSHIRE CTY

320 PM TO     WARE               MA      TREES AND WIRES DOWN
350 PM        HAMPSHIRE CTY              ROADS BLOCKED

322 PM TO     HARDWICK           MA      TREES DOWN (PER P.D.)
420 PM        WORCESTER CTY

415 PM        WARREN             MA      TREES ANCn4 WORCESTER CTY

415 PM        WARREN             MA      TREES AND WIRES DOWN
              WORCESTER CTY              (FROM P.D.)

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 6:12 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
610 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 1995

TIME (EDT) ...CITY LOCATION...   STATE   EVENT/REMARKS
           ...COUNTY (CTY)...

315 PM        WARE               MA      DIME-SIZE HAIL
              HAMPSHIRE CTY

320 PM TO     WARE               MA      TREES AND WIRES DOWN
350 PM        HAMPSHIRE CTY              ROADS BLOCKED

322 PM TO     HARDWICK           MA      TREES DOWN (PER P.D.)
420 PM        WORCESTER CTY

415 PM        WARREN             MA      TREES AND WIRES DOWN
              WORCESTER CTY              (FROM P.D.)

435 PM        W SPRINGFIELD      MA      TRAFFIC SIGNS DOWN
              HAMPDEN CTY                (FROM P.D.)

436 PM        S HADLEY           MA      WINDOW BLOWN OUT OF HOUSE
              HAMPDEN CTY                BY DEBRIS BLOWING THROUGH YARD

441 PM        S HADLEY           MA      LARGE TREES DOWN
              HAMPDEN CTY                NR RTES 116 AND 33 (PER P.D.)

457 PM        WESTFIELD          MA      TREES DOWN
              HAMPDEN CTY

525 PM        BURRILLVILLE       RI      TREES DOWN ON VICTORY HIGHWAY
              PROVIDENCE CTY             AND DOUGLAS PIKE (PER TV MET.
                                         AND STATE POLICE)

542 PM        N SMITHFIELD       RI      TREES DOWN ON RTE 7/DOUGLAS PIKE
              PROVIDENCE CTY

550 PM        PROVIDENCE         RI       TREES DOWN
              PROVIDENCE CTY

600 PM        JOHNSTON AND       RI       POWER LINES DOWN
              GREENVILLE
              PROVIDENCE CTY

603 PM        JOHNSTON           RI       MARBLE-SIZE HAIL
              PROVIDENCE CTY

WTB/GAF
Local storm report, Aug 4, 6:14 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
613 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 1995

TIME (EDT) ...CITY LOCATION...   STATE   EVENT/REMARKS
           ...COUNTY (CTY)...

315 PM        WARE               MA      DIME-SIZE HAIL
              HAMPSHIRE CTY

320 PM TO     WARE               MA      TREES AND WIRES DOWN
350 PM        HAMPSHIRE CTY              ROADS BLOCKED

322 PM TO     HARDWICK           MA      TREES DOWN (PER P.D.)
420 PM        WORCESTER CTY

415 PM        WARREN             MA      TREES AND WIRES DOWN
              WORCESTER CTY              (FROM P.D.)

435 PM        W SPRINGFIELD      MA      TRAFFIC SIGNS DOWN
              HAMPDEN CTY                (FROM P.D.)

436 PM        S HADLEY           MA      WINDOW BLOWN OUT OF HOUSE
              HAMPDEN CTY                BY DEBRIS BLOWING THROUGH YARD

441 PM        S HADLEY           MA      LARGE TREES DOWN
              HAMPDEN CTY                NR RTES 116 AND 33 (PER P.D.)

457 PM        WESTFIELD          MA      TREES DOWN
              HAMPDEN CTY

525 PM        BURRILLVILLE       RI      TREES DOWN ON VICTORY HIGHWAY
              PROVIDENCE CTY             AND DOUGLAS PIKE (PER TV MET.
                                         AND STATE POLICE)

542 PM        N SMITHFIELD       RI      TREES DOWN ON RTE 7/DOUGLAS PIKE
              PROVIDENCE CTY

550 PM        PROVIDENCE         RI      TREES DOWN
              PROVIDENCE CTY

600 PM        JOHNSTON AND       RI      POWER LINES DOWN
              GREENVILLE
              PROVIDENCE CTY

603 PM        JOHNSTON           RI      MARBLE-SIZE HAIL
              PROVIDENCE CTY

WTB/GAF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXProvidence52 min
Aug 4, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXProvidence45 min
Aug 4, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXKent42 min
Aug 4, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol42 min

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.