Alert archive / New Hampshire / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 28, 2002Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2002, 4:01 AM EDT for Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 44 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
May 28, 2002, 4:01 AM EDT (08:01 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2002, 4:45 AM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2002-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1013 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2002-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
1013 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBOX 280801
SVRBOX
NHC005-011-280845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
400 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CHESHIRE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
  NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE

* UNTIL 445 AM EDT.

* AT 357 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILLSBOROUGH...OR ABOUT
  13 MILES EAST OF KEENE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HILLSBOROUGH AROUND 435 AM EDT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.  MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.

$$

NOCERA

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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.