Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 10, 2001Kent County, Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2001, 2:31 PM EDT for Kent County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 10, 2001, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2001, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kent County, RI, Washington County, RI

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 10, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2001-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1502 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 2001-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

069 
WUUS51 KBOX 101831
SVRBOX
RIC003-009-101900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
231 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND
    INCLUDING WARWICK
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.

* AT 228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF EXETER...MOVING EAST AT
  45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WEST WARWICK...WEST
  GREENWICH...EAST GREENWICH AND COVENTRY.

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

$$

BELK/JD

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.