Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2012, 6:10 PM EDT for Bristol County, Newport County, Rhode Island; Bristol County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 31 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 23, 2012, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2012, 6:41 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bristol County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Newport County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
270
WUUS51 KBOX 232210
SVRBOX
MAC005-RIC001-005-232300-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0032.120623T2210Z-120623T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
610 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BRISTOL COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BRISTOL...BARRINGTON...
NORTHEASTERN NEWPORT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FALL RIVER...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 610 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
BARRINGTON...OR NEAR WARWICK...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...WARREN...TIVERTON...
SWANSEA...SOMERSET AND WESTPORT.
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 4165 7124 4170 7119 4171 7122 4170 7123
4167 7123 4165 7125 4166 7128 4166 7131
4167 7132 4170 7130 4172 7133 4176 7133
4179 7106 4162 7106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 268DEG 17KT 4169 7135
$$
SIPPRELL1 follow-up statement
171
WWUS51 KBOX 232241
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
641 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012
MAC005-RIC001-005-232251-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120623T2300Z/
NEWPORT RI-BRISTOL RI-BRISTOL MA-
641 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND BRISTOL AND NORTHEASTERN NEWPORT
COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4165 7124 4170 7119 4171 7122 4170 7123
4167 7123 4165 7125 4166 7128 4166 7131
4167 7132 4170 7130 4172 7133 4176 7133
4179 7106 4162 7106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 268DEG 17KT 4169 7116
$$
SIPPRELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Newport | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Suffolk | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 89 min | |
| Jun 23, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 5:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 33 min | |
| Jun 23, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 30 min | |
| Jun 23, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 65 min | |
| Jun 23, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Plymouth | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 26 min | |
| Jun 23, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 55 min | |
| Jun 23, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes | 90 min |
| Jun 23, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 40 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.