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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 9, 2011Kent County, Providence County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 6:54 AM EDT for Kent County, Providence County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 51 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 9, 2011, 6:54 AM EDT (10:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 7:45 AM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1843 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1843 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

002 
WUUS51 KBOX 091054
SVRBOX
CTC015-RIC003-007-009-091145-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0037.110609T1054Z-110609T1145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
654 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
  SOUTHWESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
  NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
  SOUTHEASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...

* UNTIL 745 AM EDT

* AT 651 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  POMFRET...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUTNAM...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BROOKLYN...KILLINGLY...
  DANIELSON...FOSTER...STERLING...SCITUATE...COVENTRY AND WEST
  GREENWICH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...AS WELL
AS DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. GET TO SAFE SHELTER NOW...
INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER
TREES. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING. DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER AND AVOID
FLOODED ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 4182 7148 4156 7158 4180 7208 4192 7202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1054Z 296DEG 38KT 4183 7198

$$

THOMPSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXProvidence48 min
Jun 8, 10:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXProvidence24 min
Jun 8, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNewport38 min
Jun 8, 10:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXWashington36 min
Jun 9, 1:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Providence50 min
Jun 9, 2:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXKent, Newport67 min
Jun 9, 2:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Newport23 min
Jun 9, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXProvidence54 min
Jun 9, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Providence66 min
Jun 9, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Washington53 min
Jun 9, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNewport62 min
Jun 9, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXWashington36 min
Jun 8, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region48 min
Jun 8, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX22 min
Jun 9, 12:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region38 min
Jun 9, 1:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region41 min
Jun 9, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region60 min
Jun 9, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region66 min
Jun 9, 4:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXCapitol Planning Region3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Rhode Island, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.