Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2006, 5:43 PM EDT for Providence County, Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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
- Jul 3, 2006, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2006, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:43 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Woodstock, CT | |
| Jul 3, 5:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Woodstock, CT | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...SOME UPROOTED...ON ROUTE 169. WIRES ALSO REPORTED DOWN. |
| Jul 3, 5:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Woodstock, CT | TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 169. |
| Jul 3, 5:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Woodstock, CT |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBOX 032145 SVRBOX CTC015-MAC027-RIC007-032230- /O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0049.060703T2143Z-060703T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 545 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS NORTHEASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PUTNAM * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PUTNAM...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN WOODSTOCK AND ALSO BROUGHT DOWN SEVERAL TREES. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BURRILLVILLE BY 555 PM EDT GLOCESTER BY 600 PM EDT MILLVILLE...NORTH SMITHFIELD AND UXBRIDGE BY 610 PM EDT BLACKSTONE...WOONSOCKET AND MENDON BY 615 PM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4195 7198 4185 7192 4193 7149 4213 7151 $$ DELLICARPINI
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBOX 032208 SVSBOX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 607 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 CTC015-032217- /O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060703T2230Z/ WINDHAM CT- 607 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WINDHAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND UPROOTED TREES IN WOODSTOCK HAS MOVED OUT OF WINDHAM COUNTY. LAT...LON 4200 7180 4192 7173 4193 7149 4213 7151 $$ MAC027-RIC007-032230- /O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060703T2230Z/ WORCESTER MA-PROVIDENCE RI- 607 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PROVIDENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTIES... AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURRILLVILLE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN WOODSTOCK...AND ALSO UPROOTED TREES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MILLVILLE...UXBRIDGE AND NORTH SMITHFIELD BY 625 PM EDT... BLACKSTONE...WOONSOCKET AND MENDON BY 630 PM EDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. LAT...LON 4200 7180 4192 7173 4193 7149 4213 7151 $$ DELLICARPINI
000 WWUS51 KBOX 032227 SVSBOX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 624 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 MAC027-RIC007-032234- /O.EXP.KBOX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060703T2230Z/ WORCESTER MA-PROVIDENCE RI- 624 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PROVIDENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 630 PM EDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE AND SOUTHEAST WORCESTER COUNTIES HAS NOW WEAKENED AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED IN WOODSTOCK CONNECTICUT...WHERE A TWO-MILE STRETCH OF ROUTE 169 WAS CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED AND UPROOTED TREES. LAT...LON 4200 7180 4192 7173 4193 7149 4213 7151 $$ FIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Rhode Island, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.