Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2008, 3:51 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2008, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2008, 4:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Capitol Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBOX 141951
SVRBOX
CTC003-142045-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0039.080614T1951Z-080614T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
351 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST HARTFORD...NEW BRITAIN...
BRISTOL...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 347 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BURLINGTON...OR 6 MILES EAST OF TORRINGTON...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 12 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DOWNED TREES IN THE TORRINGTON AREA.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BURLINGTON BY 405 PM EDT...
CANTON BY 410 PM EDT...
BRISTOL BY 420 PM EDT...
AVON BY 425 PM EDT...
FARMINGTON BY 440 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4174 7302 4178 7302 4179 7303 4181 7301
4182 7296 4185 7298 4186 7296 4181 7270
4161 7283
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 297DEG 11KT 4180 7300
$$
FIELD2 follow-up statements
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WWUS51 KBOX 142019
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
419 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
CTC003-142045-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080614T2045Z/
HARTFORD CT-
415 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY...
AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF BURLINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 13 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PLAINVILLE BY 435 PM EDT...
FARMINGTON BY 440 PM EDT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE URGED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HAIL OR WIND
DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS.
LAT...LON 4174 7302 4177 7297 4180 7294 4181 7291
4181 7270 4161 7283
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 297DEG 11KT 4177 7291
$$
FIELD000
WWUS51 KBOX 142033
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
433 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
CTC003-142043-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080614T2045Z/
HARTFORD CT-
433 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE FARMINGTON AND BRISTOL
AREAS...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED AS OF 433 PM.
LAT...LON 4174 7302 4177 7297 4180 7294 4181 7291
4181 7270 4161 7283
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 297DEG 11KT 4174 7284
$$
FIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | 51 min |
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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.