Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2012, 4:51 PM EDT for Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 3, 2012, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2012, 5:09 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Narragansett, RI | HAM RADIO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
773
WUUS51 KBOX 032051
SVRBOX
RIC005-009-032130-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0016.120603T2051Z-120603T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
451 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN NEWPORT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWPORT...
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 447 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
RICHMOND...OR NEAR SOUTH KINGSTOWN...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...NORTH KINGSTOWN...
NARRAGANSETT...JAMESTOWN AND LITTLE COMPTON.
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 4146 7178 4155 7174 4152 7135 4150 7135
4152 7133 4151 7123 4148 7123 4151 7121
4150 7114 4147 7114 4145 7120 4149 7121
4147 7124 4148 7126 4145 7131 4146 7137
4145 7141 4146 7141 4149 7141 4135 7148
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 287DEG 17KT 4146 7157
$$
FRANK2 follow-up statements
117
WWUS51 KBOX 032059
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
459 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012
RIC005-009-032130-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120603T2130Z/
NEWPORT RI-WASHINGTON RI-
459 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN NEWPORT COUNTIES...
AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SOUTH KINGSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH
KINGSTOWN...NARRAGANSETT...JAMESTOWN...NEWPORT AND LITTLE COMPTON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4144 7170 4153 7166 4152 7135 4150 7135
4152 7133 4151 7123 4148 7123 4151 7121
4150 7114 4147 7114 4145 7120 4149 7121
4147 7124 4148 7126 4145 7131 4146 7137
4145 7141 4149 7141 4135 7148
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 287DEG 17KT 4145 7152
$$
FRANK935
WWUS51 KBOX 032109
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
509 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012
RIC005-009-032117-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120603T2130Z/
NEWPORT RI-WASHINGTON RI-
509 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHERN NEWPORT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN REMAINS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 4144 7170 4153 7166 4152 7135 4150 7135
4152 7133 4151 7123 4148 7123 4151 7121
4150 7114 4147 7114 4145 7120 4149 7121
4147 7124 4148 7126 4145 7131 4146 7137
4145 7141 4149 7141 4135 7148
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 287DEG 17KT 4144 7147
$$
FRANKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent, Providence, Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.