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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 29, 2012Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 7:09 PM EDT for Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 25 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
May 29, 2012, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2012, 7:34 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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
May 29, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2012-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2012-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

975 
WUUS51 KBOX 292309
SVRBOX
NHC005-011-300015-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0014.120529T2309Z-120530T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
709 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHESHIRE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JAFFREY...
  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NASHUA...MANCHESTER...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEARE...OR 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF HENNIKER...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...GOFFSTOWN...MERRIMACK...
  LITCHFIELD...HUDSON...BEDFORD AND PELHAM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

&&

LAT...LON 4312 7185 4315 7167 4306 7164 4307 7152
      4305 7150 4301 7139 4294 7137 4293 7144
      4284 7143 4283 7138 4278 7134 4276 7128
      4272 7129 4272 7206 4319 7204 4321 7191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 251DEG 21KT 4311 7167

$$

FRANK
2 follow-up statements
164 
WWUS51 KBOX 292322
SVSBOX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
722 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

NHC005-011-300015-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120530T0015Z/
CHESHIRE NH-HILLSBOROUGH NH-
722 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR HILLSBOROUGH AND SOUTHEASTERN CHESHIRE COUNTIES...

AT 717 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW BOSTON...OR 10
MILES WEST OF MANCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GOFFSTOWN...MERRIMACK...LITCHFIELD...HUDSON...BEDFORD AND PELHAM

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

&&

LAT...LON 4301 7202 4309 7187 4315 7167 4306 7164
      4307 7152 4305 7150 4301 7139 4294 7137
      4293 7144 4284 7143 4283 7138 4278 7134
      4276 7128 4272 7129 4272 7206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 251DEG 21KT 4301 7161

$$

FRANK
107 
WWUS51 KBOX 292334
SVSBOX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
734 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

NHC005-011-292343-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120530T0015Z/
CHESHIRE NH-HILLSBOROUGH NH-
734 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HILLSBOROUGH AND SOUTHEASTERN
CHESHIRE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.  
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE 
STILL EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

LAT...LON 4301 7202 4309 7187 4315 7167 4306 7164
      4307 7152 4305 7150 4301 7139 4294 7137
      4293 7144 4284 7143 4283 7138 4278 7134
      4276 7128 4272 7129 4272 7206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 251DEG 21KT 4303 7153

$$

FRANK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXCheshire41 min
May 29, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXCheshire44 min
May 29, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCheshire41 min
May 29, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WarningBOXCheshire45 min
May 29, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXCheshire48 min
May 29, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCheshire, Hillsborough54 min
May 29, 4:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXCheshire, Hillsborough3 hr
May 29, 4:37 PM EDTTornado WarningBOXCheshire38 min
May 29, 4:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXCheshire3 hr
May 29, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCheshire, Hillsborough66 min
May 29, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCheshire, Hillsborough62 min
May 29, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCheshire66 min
May 29, 7:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXHillsborough3 hr
May 29, 7:44 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBOXCheshire6 hr

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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.