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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 25, 2013Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2013, 1:56 PM EDT for Northeastern Connecticut 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
Jul 25, 2013, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

403 
WGUS51 KBOX 251756
FFWBOX
CTC015-252100-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0040.130725T1756Z-130725T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
156 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 153 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINSHOWERS
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WINDHAM...PLAINFIELD...KILLINGLY...PUTNAM...THOMPSON...BROOKLYN...
  WOODSTOCK...CANTERBURY...POMFRET...CHAPLIN...HAMPTON...EASTFORD AND
  SCOTLAND.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4193 7182 4165 7195 4169 7217 4196 7199

$$

AED
1 follow-up statement
873 
WGUS71 KBOX 252055
FFSBOX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
455 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013

CTC015-252104-
/O.EXP.KBOX.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-130725T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WINDHAM CT-
455 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WINDHAM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM
EDT...

THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE...ATLHOUTH LIGHT TO 
MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 4193 7182 4165 7195 4169 7217 4196 7199

$$

MD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 1:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region3 hr
Jul 25, 4:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013

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.