Alert archive / Rhode Island / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 2008, 4:04 PM EDT for Bristol County, Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island; Bristol County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 25 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
- Jul 23, 2008, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2008, 4:29 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bristol County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 4:04 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | East Providence, RI | |
| Jul 23, 4:05 PM EDT | TORNADO | Warren, RI | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WARREN RHODE ISLAND THEN TRAVELED ENE APPROX 4 MILES BEFORE LIFTING IN SWANSEA MASSACHUSETTS AT 410 PM. |
| Jul 23, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Warren, RI | MULTIPLE LARGE TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROUTE 114 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 891 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KBOX 232004 TORBOX MAC005-RIC001-003-007-232045- /O.NEW.KBOX.TO.W.0001.080723T2004Z-080723T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 404 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BARRINGTON... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... SOUTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... WEST CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS... * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 400 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR NEAR BARRINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 39 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL WESTERN BRISTOL COUNTY AT 420 PM EDT WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...REMAIN CALM BUT TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY GO INDOORS TO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES FOR A STRONG BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND. LAT...LON 4168 7125 4178 7144 4192 7130 4188 7110 TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 206DEG 34KT 4182 7131 $$ FRANK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBOX 232012 SVSBOX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 412 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 MAC005-RIC001-003-007-232045- /O.CON.KBOX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080723T2045Z/ BRISTOL RI-BRISTOL MA-PROVIDENCE RI-KENT RI- 408 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KENT...SOUTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE AND NORTHERN BRISTOL COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND... AT 404 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WATER SPOUT NEAR BARRINGTON BEACH. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD HAS SINCE LIFTED BUT IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH 445 PM. THIS INCLUDES SWANSEA...REHOBOTH AND DIGHTON. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND. LAT...LON 4168 7125 4178 7144 4192 7130 4188 7110 TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 206DEG 34KT 4185 7129 $$ FRANK
000 WWUS51 KBOX 232029 SVSBOX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 429 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 MAC005-RIC001-003-007-232037- /O.CAN.KBOX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080723T2045Z/ BRISTOL RI-BRISTOL MA-PROVIDENCE RI-KENT RI- 427 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KENT...SOUTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE AND NORTHERN BRISTOL COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND IS CANCELLED... THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND. LAT...LON 4168 7125 4178 7144 4192 7130 4188 7110 TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 206DEG 34KT 4201 7118 $$ FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:18 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 36 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence, Washington | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 3:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 84 min |
| Jul 23, 4:36 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | Newport, Washington | 48 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 55 min | |
| Jul 23, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 4:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 88 min |
| Jul 23, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 96 min | |
| Jul 23, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 39 min | |
| Jul 23, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 66 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.