Alert archive / Rhode Island / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2012, 9:50 PM EDT for Bristol County, Kent County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 55 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
- Aug 5, 2012, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2012, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
544
WWUS81 KBOX 060150
SPSBOX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
950 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
CTZ004-MAZ017-020-RIZ001>007-060245-
BRISTOL RI-EASTERN KENT RI-NEWPORT RI-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-NORTHWEST
PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-WASHINGTON
RI-WESTERN KENT RI-WINDHAM CT-
950 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
AT 943 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
THE STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF
PLAINFIELD OLD SAYBROOK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...STERLING...COVENTRY...EXETER...
WEST GREENWICH...SCITUATE...WEST WARWICK...CRANSTON...JOHNSTON...
EAST GREENWICH...NORTH PROVIDENCE...PROVIDENCE...WARWICK...
HOPKINTON...EAST PROVIDENCE...CENTRAL FALLS...PAWTUCKET...
SEEKONK...BARRINGTON...REHOBOTH...RICHMOND...WARREN...BRISTOL...
PRUDENCE ISLAND AND NORTH KINGSTOWN.
FOR YOUR SAFETY...GET INSIDE WHEN THIS STORM APPROACHES. WINDS MAY BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN SMALL BRANCHES. MINOR STREET FLOODING AND
PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE MINOR STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN
LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADS.
&&
LAT...LON 4139 7184 4163 7179 4164 7203 4174 7201
4196 7112 4170 7120 4163 7128 4174 7137
4167 7137 4163 7130 4158 7134 4159 7134
4162 7134 4168 7144 4163 7139 4157 7143
4156 7136 4149 7144
$$
WTBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 8:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 117 min |
| Aug 6, 12:24 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 7 hr | |
| Aug 6, 7:11 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 9 hr | |
| Aug 5, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 62 min | |
| Aug 5, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Cheshire | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hillsborough | 30 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Rhode Island, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.