Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2014, 2:15 PM EDT for Providence County, Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 30 min. 6 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
- May 25, 2014, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Charlton, MA | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN SOUTHERN PART OF CHARLTON. |
| May 25, 2:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Dudley, MA | HALF-DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED. |
| May 25, 2:46 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Woodstock, CT | DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED. |
| May 25, 2:46 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Woodstock, CT | DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT 246 PM. NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT 249 PM. |
| May 25, 2:53 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Brooklyn, CT | HAM RADIO |
| May 25, 2:53 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Brooklyn, CT | DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL LASTED 15 MINUTES. |
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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
926 WUUS51 KBOX 251815 SVRBOX CTC015-MAC027-RIC007-251845- /O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0003.140525T1815Z-140525T1845Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 215 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... SOUTH CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... WESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... * UNTIL 245 PM EDT * AT 214 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN LEICESTER AND IN CHARLTON. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER OXFORD...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WORCESTER...AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PLAINFIELD...KILLINGLY...WEBSTER...SOUTHBRIDGE...AUBURN... BURRILLVILLE...OXFORD...MILLBURY...CHARLTON...DUDLEY...GLOCESTER... PUTNAM...THOMPSON...SUTTON...DOUGLAS...BROOKLYN...WOODSTOCK... CANTERBURY...FOSTER AND POMFRET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. GO INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DRIVERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR LOW VISIBILITY AND AVOID FLOODED ROADS. && LAT...LON 4216 7203 4217 7179 4176 7169 4175 7205 TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 356DEG 29KT 4210 7191 $$ RLG
1 follow-up statement
839 WWUS51 KBOX 251834 SVSBOX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 234 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2014 CTC015-MAC027-RIC007-251845- /O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140525T1845Z/ WINDHAM CT-WORCESTER MA-PROVIDENCE RI- 234 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN WINDHAM...SOUTH CENTRAL WORCESTER AND WESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTIES... AT 234 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODSTOCK...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANSFIELD...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PLAINFIELD...KILLINGLY...WEBSTER...SOUTHBRIDGE...AUBURN... BURRILLVILLE...OXFORD...MILLBURY...CHARLTON...DUDLEY...GLOCESTER... PUTNAM...THOMPSON...SUTTON...DOUGLAS...BROOKLYN...WOODSTOCK... CANTERBURY...FOSTER AND POMFRET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. GO INSIDE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT POOR VISIBILITY AND AVOID FLOODED ROADS. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...SHORT LIVED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. && LAT...LON 4216 7203 4217 7179 4176 7169 4175 7205 TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 002DEG 25KT 4199 7196 $$ RLG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 83 min |
| May 25, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Kent, Washington | 38 min |
| May 25, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 49 min |
| May 25, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 33 min |
| May 25, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 47 min |
| May 25, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 28 min | |
| May 25, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 27 min |
| May 25, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 95 min | |
| May 25, 4:45 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 37 hr | |
| May 25, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 30 min |
| May 25, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 48 min |
| May 25, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Rhode Island, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014
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.