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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 1, 2012Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 2:51 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 38 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
Jul 1, 2012, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 3:29 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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
Jul 1, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 254 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 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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.

416 
WUUS51 KBOX 011851
SVRBOX
CTC003-013-015-011945-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0033.120701T1851Z-120701T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
251 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  SOUTHWESTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  SOUTHERN TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

* AT 247 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
  MARLBOROUGH...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF EAST HAMPTON...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HEBRON...BOLTON...ANDOVER...COLUMBIA...WINDHAM...WILLIMANTIC...
  MANSFIELD AND COVENTRY

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 4186 7228 4170 7211 4168 7220 4171 7224
      4169 7227 4166 7226 4166 7227 4160 7248
      4164 7251 4164 7257 4174 7262
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 238DEG 10KT 4167 7248

$$

JM
2 follow-up statements
559 
WWUS51 KBOX 011910
SVSBOX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
310 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

CTC003-013-015-011945-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120701T1945Z/
TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-HARTFORD CT-
310 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARTFORD...SOUTHWESTERN WINDHAM AND SOUTH CENTRAL
TOLLAND COUNTIES...

AT 305 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 MARLBOROUGH...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANCHESTER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HEBRON...COLUMBIA...WINDHAM AND WILLIMANTIC

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 4166 7251 4177 7219 4170 7211 4168 7220
      4171 7224 4169 7227 4166 7226 4166 7227
      4160 7248
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 238DEG 10KT 4170 7242

$$

JM
192 
WWUS51 KBOX 011929
SVSBOX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
329 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

CTC003-013-015-011938-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120701T1945Z/
TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-HARTFORD CT-
329 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARTFORD...
SOUTHWESTERN WINDHAM AND SOUTH CENTRAL TOLLAND COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OUT OF THIS REGION.

LAT...LON 4166 7251 4177 7219 4170 7211 4168 7220
      4171 7224 4169 7227 4166 7226 4166 7227
      4160 7248
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 238DEG 10KT 4172 7236

$$

JM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX31 min
Jul 1, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region41 min
Jul 1, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region39 min
Jul 1, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region52 min
Jul 1, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region46 min
Jul 1, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.