Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 2, 2000Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2000, 8:33 PM EDT for Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2000, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2000, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
57 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 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 360 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
360 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

214 
WUUS51 KBOX 030035
SVRBOS
RIC009-030130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
833 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND
    INCLUDING SOUTH KINGSTOWN

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.

* AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF WESTERLY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  WEST OF NEW LONDON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE RICHMOND...NORTH
  KINGSTOWN...NARRAGANSETT...HOPKINTON...EXETER...CHARLESTOWN AND
  BLOCK ISLAND.

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

$$
DY/RT

Nearby

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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.