Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 7:06 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 69 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 26, 2012, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Capitol Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
652
WUUS51 KBOX 262306
SVRBOX
CTC003-270015-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0067.120726T2306Z-120727T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
706 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST HARTFORD...NEWINGTON...NEW
BRITAIN...MANCHESTER...HARTFORD...EAST HARTFORD...BRISTOL...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 34 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SOUTHINGTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TORRINGTON TO 25 MILES WEST OF SHELTON...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...PLAINVILLE...FARMINGTON...
BERLIN...WETHERSFIELD...GLASTONBURY AND ROCKY HILL.
THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY AFTER 730 PM.
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 1100 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
&&
LAT...LON 4179 7247 4170 7245 4158 7246 4164 7252
4162 7271 4161 7271 4157 7276 4157 7279
4155 7282 4156 7284 4154 7285 4156 7288
4156 7295 4164 7294 4164 7299 4179 7302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 271DEG 38KT 4168 7364 4136 7361
$$
KJC2 follow-up statements
136
WWUS51 KBOX 262354
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
754 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
CTC003-270015-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-120727T0015Z/
HARTFORD CT-
754 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY...
AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BRISTOL TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHINGTON...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM BRISTOL TO NEW HAVEN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PLAINVILLE...FARMINGTON...NEW BRITAIN...WEST HARTFORD...BERLIN...
NEWINGTON...HARTFORD...WETHERSFIELD...ROCKY HILL...EAST HARTFORD AND
GLASTONBURY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
&&
LAT...LON 4179 7247 4170 7245 4158 7246 4164 7252
4162 7271 4161 7271 4157 7276 4157 7279
4155 7282 4156 7284 4154 7285 4156 7288
4156 7295 4164 7294 4164 7299 4179 7302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 271DEG 39KT 4166 7293 4136 7286
$$
KJC328
WWUS51 KBOX 270015
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
815 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
CTC003-270025-
/O.EXP.KBOX.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-120727T0015Z/
HARTFORD CT-
815 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
LAT...LON 4179 7247 4170 7245 4158 7246 4164 7252
4162 7271 4161 7271 4157 7276 4157 7279
4155 7282 4156 7284 4154 7285 4156 7288
4156 7295 4164 7294 4164 7299 4179 7302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 271DEG 39KT 4165 7262 4135 7256
$$
KJCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 11:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 11 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 85 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.