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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 7, 2013Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2013, 5:25 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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 7, 2013, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2013, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Capitol Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 5:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWest Hartford, CTTREE DOWN ON LEDYARD ROAD. TELEPHONE POLE SNAPPED ON ALBANY AVENUE.

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2013-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1396 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1396 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

664 
WUUS51 KBOX 072125
SVRBOX
CTC003-013-072215-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0049.130707T2125Z-130707T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
525 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  WESTERN TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 524 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST HARTFORD...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARTFORD...WEST HARTFORD...EAST HARTFORD...MANCHESTER...
  NEWINGTON...VERNON...FARMINGTON...SOUTH WINDSOR...WETHERSFIELD...
  GLASTONBURY...EAST WINDSOR...HEBRON...BLOOMFIELD...WINDSOR...
  ANDOVER...AVON...BOLTON AND ROCKVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4170 7284 4188 7283 4190 7231 4164 7234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 274DEG 21KT 4179 7275 

$$

KJC
1 follow-up statement
449 
WWUS51 KBOX 072150
SVSBOX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
550 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013

CTC003-013-072200-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-130707T2215Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-
550 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL HARTFORD AND WESTERN
TOLLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4170 7284 4188 7283 4190 7231 4164 7234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 274DEG 21KT 4178 7255 

$$

KJC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 9:57 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryBOXCapitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region7 hr
Jul 7, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOX40 min
Jul 7, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX38 min
Jul 7, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX39 min

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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.