Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2012, 8:52 PM EDT for Providence County, Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 38 min. 2 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
- Jul 24, 2012, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2012, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 9:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | Glocester, RI | HAM RADIO |
| Jul 24, 9:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Glocester, 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1450 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
619 WUUS51 KBOX 250052 SVRBOX CTC015-RIC007-250130- /O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0064.120725T0052Z-120725T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 852 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... EAST CENTRAL WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 849 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 BURRILLVILLE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF PUTNAM...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...GLOCESTER...NORTH SMITHFIELD...SMITHFIELD...SCITUATE...LINCOLN...NORTH PROVIDENCE... JOHNSTON AND CENTRAL FALLS. && LAT...LON 4189 7139 4175 7153 4191 7190 4201 7171 TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 303DEG 25KT 4194 7173 $$ FRANK
2 follow-up statements
203 WWUS51 KBOX 250115 SVSBOX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 915 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 CTC015-250123- /O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120725T0130Z/ WINDHAM CT- 915 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WINDHAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4197 7162 4189 7139 4175 7153 4185 7176 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 303DEG 25KT 4186 7157 $$ RIC007-250130- /O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120725T0130Z/ PROVIDENCE RI- 915 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL PROVIDENCE COUNTY... AT 910 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 SMITHFIELD...OR 9 MILES WEST OF PROVIDENCE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 9 PM...A MEASURED WIND GUST OF 61 MPH AND THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR IN GLOCESTER. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LINCOLN...NORTH PROVIDENCE...JOHNSTON AND CENTRAL FALLS 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 4197 7162 4189 7139 4175 7153 4185 7176 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 303DEG 25KT 4186 7157 $$ FRANK
385 WWUS51 KBOX 250126 SVSBOX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 926 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 RIC007-250136- /O.EXP.KBOX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120725T0130Z/ PROVIDENCE RI- 926 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PROVIDENCE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WAS MOVING OUT OF THE REGION. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4197 7162 4189 7139 4175 7153 4185 7176 TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 303DEG 25KT 4181 7147 $$ FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.