Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 5:27 PM EDT for Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Kent County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 43 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, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1998, 6:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Kent County, RI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | West Greenwich, 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, 9.5 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
569 WUUS1 KBOS 192128 RRA SVRBOS RIC003-CTC015-192210- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 527 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND SOUTHEASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT * UNTIL 610 PM EDT * AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR COVENTRY AND WEST GREENWICH IN RHODE ISLAND...AND STERLING CONNECTICUT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. * TOWNS IN/NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... COVENTRY...WEST GREENWICH AND STERLING THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...VERY FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. GET AWAY FROM OPEN FIELDS...BODIES OF WATER...AND TALL OBJECTS. PLEASE RELAY ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOU LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT WH/JL
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, 2 hours 21 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.Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
351 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0233 PM FOXBOROUGH MA .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 NORFOLK NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY FOXBORO FIRE CHIEF.
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, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 45 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 1998Severe 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.