Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2004, 3:29 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2004, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2004, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Capitol Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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 2, 3:32 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Avon, CT | TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Jun 2, 3:32 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Avon, CT | TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Jun 2, 3:32 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Avon, CT | TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
695 WUUS51 KBOX 021929 SVRBOX CTC003-022030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 329 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINDSOR LOCKS...WEST HARTFORD... NEWINGTON...NEW BRITAIN...MANCHESTER...HARTFORD...EAST HARTFORD... BRISTOL * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FARMINGTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF WEST HARTFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINDSOR...WETHERSFIELD...SOUTH WINDSOR...SIMSBURY...PLAINVILLE... GLASTONBURY...ENFIELD...EAST WINDSOR...CANTON...BURLINGTON... BLOOMFIELD AND AVON. LAT...LON 4183 7300 4165 7295 4167 7248 4198 7255 $$ FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 23 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.