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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2013, 11:16 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2013, 11:16 PM EDT (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2013, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Capitol Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
135
WGUS51 KBOX 280316
FFWBOX
CTC003-013-280615-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0013.130628T0316Z-130628T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1116 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 215 AM EDT
* AT 1110 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.
PORTIONS OF HARTFORD COUNTY HAD RECEIVED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HARTFORD...NEW BRITAIN...BRISTOL...
MANCHESTER...NEWINGTON...WINDSOR LOCKS...MANSFIELD...VERNON...
FARMINGTON...PLAINVILLE...WETHERSFIELD... BERLIN...ENFIELD...ROCKY
HILL...GLASTONBURY...SOUTHINGTON...SIMSBURY...STAFFORD...
BLOOMFIELD...WINDSOR...ANDOVER...AVON AND BURLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING. IN URBAN AREAS AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS AND OBEY
ROAD CLOSURES. THOSE LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4204 7301 4204 7301 4204 7282 4200 7281
4204 7275 4203 7210 4196 7210 4196 7222
4175 7216 4172 7225 4160 7233 4158 7246
4165 7251 4164 7266 4155 7285 4156 7295
4180 7302 4181 7295 4197 7289 4197 7303
$$
AEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 12:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 1:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 118 min |
| Jun 28, 5:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 113 min |
| Jun 28, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 2 hr |
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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.