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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 22, 2012Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2012, 4:02 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 35 min. 6 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
Jun 22, 2012, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2012, 4:37 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 4:04 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Vernon, CT
Jun 22, 4:04 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Tolland, CT
Jun 22, 4:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTolland, CTTREE AND WIRES DOWN ON CRYSTAL LAKE ROAD AND OLD POST ROAD
Jun 22, 4:16 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEllington, CTTREE ON WIRES ON BRIDGE STREET
Jun 22, 4:29 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTolland, CTTREES AND WIRES DOWN ON ROUTE 30...DOYLE ROAD AND ROBIN CIRCLE
Jun 22, 4:29 PM EDTHAIL 1Tolland, CT

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 840 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

116 
WUUS51 KBOX 222002
SVRBOX
CTC003-013-015-222100-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0019.120622T2002Z-120622T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
402 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VERNON...MANSFIELD...
  NORTHWESTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 357 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
  ELLINGTON...OR NEAR VERNON...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...TOLLAND...COVENTRY...
  WILLINGTON...CHAPLIN...ASHFORD...UNION AND EASTFORD.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4203 7210 4180 7202 4170 7245 4192 7253
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 240DEG 17KT 4188 7240

$$

MLD
1 follow-up statement
455 
WWUS51 KBOX 222037
SVSBOX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
437 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

CTC003-013-015-222046-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120622T2100Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-
437 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WINDHAM...TOLLAND
AND EAST CENTRAL HARTFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

LAT...LON 4203 7210 4180 7202 4170 7245 4192 7253
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 240DEG 17KT 4196 7221

$$

MLD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX61 min
Jun 22, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region59 min
Jun 22, 4:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXCapitol Planning Region3 hr
Jun 22, 4:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region3 hr
Jun 22, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX67 min
Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX64 min
Jun 22, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region44 min
Jun 22, 4:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.