Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2013, 4:55 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Hampden County, Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 10, 2013, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Hampden County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 5:06 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Hartford, CT | THREE FEET OF WATER ON LOVE LANE. |
| Jul 10, 5:19 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Hartford, CT | CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON LYME AND POND STREETS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 722 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
622
WGUS51 KBOX 102055
FFWBOX
CTC003-013-015-MAC013-027-110000-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0029.130710T2055Z-130711T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
455 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
NORTHERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 453 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EAST HARTFORD...MANCHESTER...WINDSOR LOCKS...MANSFIELD...VERNON...
SOUTH WINDSOR...SOUTHBRIDGE...ASHFORD...WILLINGTON...ENFIELD...
ROCKY HILL...GLASTONBURY...STAFFORD...HAMPDEN...EAST WINDSOR...
ELLINGTON...WINDSOR...ANDOVER...MONSON...STURBRIDGE...SOMERS...
HOLLAND...BRIMFIELD...WALES...COVENTRY...TOLLAND...UNION...
EASTFORD...BOLTON AND STORRS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4164 7264 4187 7272 4203 7259 4220 7219
4204 7194 4171 7225
$$
RLGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 38 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 47 min | |
| Jul 10, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 80 min | |
| Jul 10, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 44 min | |
| Jul 10, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 50 min | |
| Jul 10, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 5:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 16 min |
| Jul 10, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 1:57 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Nantucket | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:52 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 41 hr |
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.