Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1998, 9:05 PM EDT for Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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 30, 1998, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1998, 9:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 9:19 PM EDT | Hail 2.75 | Richmond, RI | |
| Jun 30, 9:35 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | North 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
168 WUUS1 KBOS 010106 SVRBOS RIC009-010150- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 905 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND * UNTIL 950 PM EDT * AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORTH STONGINTON CONNECTICUT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * TOWNS IN/NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... HOPKINTON AND EXETER AT 910 PM EDT RICHMOND AT 920 PM EDT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL IN NEW LONDON COUNTY CONNECTICUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. JL/TF
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 30, 3:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK SPILLING
OVER ITS BANKS
1045 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK 5 FEET OUT
OF BANK.
1200 PM CUMBERLAND RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE SMALL STREAMS IN
FLOOD...ROADS WASHED OUT
AND MANHOLE COVERS BEING
LIFTED UP FROM TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND RUNOFF.
1210 PM MANSFIELD MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL ROADS
IMPASSABLE...UNDERPASSES
TO ROUTE 106 AND NORTH
MAIN STREETS IMPASSABLE
WITH WATER SEVERAL FEET
DEEP.
0100 PM FOSTER RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE PONAGANSET RIVER HAS RISEN
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BASED ON
GAGE REPORT.
0115 PM ATTLEBORO MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL 10 MILE RIVER REPORTED OUT
OF ITS BANKS FLOODING A
NEARBY ROAD.
0200 PM LINCOLN RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE TRIBUTARIES TO THE
BLACKSTONE RIVER ARE IN
FLOOD AFFECTING NEARBY
HOMES.
0230 PM BROCKTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 PLYMOUTH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG
BELMONT AVENUE.
EVACUATION OF LOCAL
RESIDENTS IS BEING
CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.
0230 PM PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE LOUISQUISSET RIVER
REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS.Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK SPILLING
OVER ITS BANKS
1045 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK 5 FEET OUT
OF BANK.
1200 PM CUMBERLAND RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE SMALL STREAMS IN
FLOOD...ROADS WASHED OUT
AND MANHOLE COVERS BEING
LIFTED UP FROM TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND RUNOFF.
1210 PM MANSFIELD MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL ROADS
IMPASSABLE...UNDERPASSES
TO ROUTE 106 AND NORTH
MAIN STREETS IMPASSABLE
WITH WATER SEVERAL FEET
DEEP.
0100 PM FOSTER RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE PONAGANSET RIVER HAS RISEN
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BASED ON
GAGE REPORT.
0115 PM ATTLEBORO MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL 10 MILE RIVER REPORTED OUT
OF ITS BANKS FLOODING A
NEARBY ROAD.
0200 PM LINCOLN RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE TRIBUTARIES TO THE
BLACKSTONE RIVER ARE IN
FLOOD AFFECTING NEARBY
HOMES.
0230 PM BROCKTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 PLYMOUTH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG
BELMONT AVENUE.
EVACUATION OF LOCAL
RESIDENTS IS BEING
CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.
0230 PM PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE LOUISQUISSET RIVER
REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS.Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
MAZ002>024-RIZALL-CTZ002>004-NHZ011>012-ANZ230>237-250-255-010400- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 430 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 ...THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FURTHER FLOODING IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CONTINUES THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE AND PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT...POSING A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR...THE MOST LIKELY TIME OF IMPACT FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT IS BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM...FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM...AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. MARINERS AND RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION IN PLANNING EARLY TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ARE REQUESTED TO BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE FURTHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES AbND WARNINGS. JL
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
MAZ002>024-RIZALL-CTZ002>004-NHZ011>012-ANZ230>237-250-255-010400- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 430 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 ...THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FURTHER FLOODING IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CONTINUES THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE AND PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT...POSING A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR...THE MOST LIKELY TIME OF IMPACT FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT IS BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM...FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM...AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. MARINERS AND RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION IN PLANNING EARLY TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ARE REQUESTED TO BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE FURTHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES AbND WARNINGS. JL
Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:35 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
835 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK SPILLING
OVER ITS BANKS
1045 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK 5 FEET OUT
OF BANK.
1200 PM CUMBERLAND RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE SMALL STREAMS IN
FLOOD...ROADS WASHED OUT
AND MANHOLE COVERS BEING
LIFTED UP FROM TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND RUNOFF.
1210 PM MANSFIELD MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL ROADS
IMPASSABLE...UNDERPASSES
TO ROUTE 106 AND NORTH
MAIN STREETS IMPASSABLE
WITH WATER SEVERAL FEET
DEEP.
0100 PM FOSTER RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE PONAGANSET RIVER HAS RISEN
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BASED ON
GAGE REPORT.
0115 PM ATTLEBORO MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL 10 MILE RIVER REPORTED OUT
OF ITS BANKS FLOODING A
NEARBY ROAD.
0200 PM LINCOLN RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE TRIBUTARIES TO THE
BLACKSTONE RIVER ARE IN
FLOOD AFFECTING NEARBY
HOMES.
0230 PM BROCKTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 PLYMOUTH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG
BELMONT AVENUE.
EVACUATION OF LOCAL
RESIDENTS IS BEING
CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.
0230 PM PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE LOUISQUISSET RIVER
REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS.
0610 PM SOUTHINGTON CT FLOODING
06/30/98 HARTFORD QUINNIPIAC RIVER OVER ITS
BANKS IN SOUTHINGTON.
0810 PM NORTH PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER
SPILLING OVER ITS BANKS
FLOODING LOW LYING
SECTIONS FROM SMITHFIELD
INTO NORTH PROVIDENCE.Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:35 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
835 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK SPILLING
OVER ITS BANKS
1045 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK 5 FEET OUT
OF BANK.
1200 PM CUMBERLAND RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE SMALL STREAMS IN
FLOOD...ROADS WASHED OUT
AND MANHOLE COVERS BEING
LIFTED UP FROM TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND RUNOFF.
1210 PM MANSFIELD MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL ROADS
IMPASSABLE...UNDERPASSES
TO ROUTE 106 AND NORTH
MAIN STREETS IMPASSABLE
WITH WATER SEVERAL FEET
DEEP.
0100 PM FOSTER RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE PONAGANSET RIVER HAS RISEN
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BASED ON
GAGE REPORT.
0115 PM ATTLEBORO MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL 10 MILE RIVER REPORTED OUT
OF ITS BANKS FLOODING A
NEARBY ROAD.
0200 PM LINCOLN RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE TRIBUTARIES TO THE
BLACKSTONE RIVER ARE IN
FLOOD AFFECTING NEARBY
HOMES.
0230 PM BROCKTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 PLYMOUTH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG
BELMONT AVENUE.
EVACUATION OF LOCAL
RESIDENTS IS BEING
CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.
0230 PM PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE LOUISQUISSET RIVER
REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS.
0610 PM SOUTHINGTON CT FLOODING
06/30/98 HARTFORD QUINNIPIAC RIVER OVER ITS
BANKS IN SOUTHINGTON.
0810 PM NORTH PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER
SPILLING OVER ITS BANKS
FLOODING LOW LYING
SECTIONS FROM SMITHFIELD
INTO NORTH PROVIDENCE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 12 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 10:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 10 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.