Alert archive / New Hampshire / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 1, 2011Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2011, 3:38 PM EDT for Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 1, 2011, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2011, 4:18 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 1, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1159 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
1159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

103 
WUUS51 KBOX 011938
SVRBOX
NHC005-011-012030-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0088.110801T1938Z-110801T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
338 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CHESHIRE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...
  WEST CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 336 PM 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
  SURRY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLOWS FALLS...AND WAS MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...GILSUM...SULLIVAN...
  STODDARD...NELSON AND HARRISVILLE.

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. DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER AND AVOID 
FLOODED ROADS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 4306 7192 4291 7202 4297 7226 4305 7241
      4314 7233
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 289DEG 20KT 4308 7230

$$
FIELD
1 follow-up statement
030 
WWUS51 KBOX 012018
SVSBOX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
418 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

NHC005-011-012027-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-110801T2030Z/
CHESHIRE NH-HILLSBOROUGH NH-
418 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH AND
NORTHERN CHESHIRE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OCCURING NEAR GILSUM AS OF 417 
PM BUT THERE NO LONGER AN IMMINENT THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THAT 
AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.

LAT...LON 4306 7192 4291 7202 4297 7226 4305 7241
      4314 7233
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 295DEG 19KT 4302 7220

$$
FIELD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXCheshire49 min
Aug 1, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCheshire43 min
Aug 1, 2:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXCheshire, Hillsborough3 hr
Aug 1, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXCheshire48 min
Aug 1, 2:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXCheshire2 hr
Aug 1, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCheshire42 min
Aug 1, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXCheshire35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.