Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 19, 1998Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 2:49 PM EDT for Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1998, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1998, 3:35 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, RI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 2:54 PM EDTHail 0.75North Kingstown, RI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 1998-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 122 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 1998-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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.

515 
WUUS1 KBOS 191850 RRA
SVRBOS
ANZ236-237-RIC009-191935-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
249 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN
  SOUTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND

* UNTIL 335 PM EDT

* AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE NORTH KINGSTOWN...EXETER LINE...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* TOWNS IN/NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN...AND NARRAGANSETT

THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL.


SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR WINDS STRONG ENOUGH
TO KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.  MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXProvidence45 min
Jun 19, 4:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXProvidence114 min
Jun 19, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXProvidence42 min
Jun 19, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXKent43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Rhode Island, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.