Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 3:15 PM EDT for Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 45 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, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1998, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Providence County, RI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Scituate, 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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
725 WUUS1 KBOS 191917 RRA SVRBOS RIC007-192000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 315 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PROVIDENCE COUNTY * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 315 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SMITHFIELD MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * TOWNS IN/NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... JOHNSTON AND NORTH PROVIDENCE LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, Jun 19, 3:06 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
306 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0240 PM TAUNTON MA .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 BRISTOL DIME SIZE HAIL ON RTE. 140
PER SPOTTER.
0254 PM NORTH KINGSTOWN RI .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 WASHINGTON DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED PER POLICE DEPT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 4:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 114 min |
| Jun 19, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Kent | 43 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.