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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 17, 2012Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2012, 7:22 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. 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 17, 2012, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hillsborough County, NH

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2012-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2012-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 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.

290 
WUUS51 KBOX 172322
SVRBOX
NHC011-180000-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0044.120717T2322Z-120718T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
722 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 718 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRADFORD...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEW LONDON...
  AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MANCHESTER...AMHERST...MONT VERNON...BEDFORD...GOFFSTOWN...
  LITCHFIELD...MERRIMACK...DEERING...HILLSBOROUGH...WEARE...
  NEW BOSTON AND FRANCESTOWN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4312 7185 4315 7167 4305 7164 4307 7152
      4305 7151 4304 7146 4302 7145 4301 7139
      4294 7137 4293 7145 4285 7143 4277 7153
      4314 7203 4316 7202 4318 7204 4321 7191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 306DEG 42KT 4333 7195 

$$

KJC
1 follow-up statement
341 
WWUS51 KBOX 172348
SVSBOX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
748 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

NHC011-180000-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120718T0000Z/
HILLSBOROUGH NH-
748 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM
EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...

AT 745 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CONCORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANCHESTER...AMHERST...MONT VERNON...BEDFORD...GOFFSTOWN...
LITCHFIELD...MERRIMACK...WEARE...NEW BOSTON AND FRANCESTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES
PER HOUR...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION 
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR 
BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS 
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4305 7164 4307 7152 4305 7151 4304 7148
      4304 7145 4302 7145 4301 7139 4294 7137
      4293 7145 4285 7143 4277 7153 4302 7187
      4312 7184 4315 7167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 306DEG 42KT 4314 7160 

$$

SIPPRELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 3:56 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryBOXCheshire, Hillsborough15 hr
Jul 17, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHillsborough53 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.