Alert archive / Rhode Island / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 2015, 6:06 PM EDT for Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 14 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 28, 2015, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2015, 6:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Narragansett, RI | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD ON OLD BOSTON NECK ROAD |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
305
WFUS51 KBOX 282206
TORBOX
RIC009-282300-
/O.NEW.KBOX.TO.W.0007.150728T2206Z-150728T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
606 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 605 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER NARRAGANSETT...OR NEAR SOUTH KINGSTOWN...AND WAS MOVING SOUTH
AT 15 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN...BLOCK ISLAND AND NARRAGANSETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.
TAKE COVER NOW! DO NOT WAIT TO SEE THE TORNADO. GO TO A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF IN A VEHICLE...A MOBILE HOME OR OUTDOORS...GET TO THE
CLOSEST SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4116 7161 4123 7158 4137 7160 4149 7156
4148 7142 4145 7143 4143 7146 4141 7145
4136 7149 4138 7152 4137 7157 4123 7157
4122 7156 4118 7157 4116 7155 4115 7160
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 004DEG 12KT 4141 7146
$$
MD2 follow-up statements
161
WWUS51 KBOX 282214
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
614 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015
RIC009-282300-
/O.CON.KBOX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150728T2300Z/
WASHINGTON RI-
614 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 614 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
NARRAGANSETT...OR NEAR SOUTH KINGSTOWN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN AND NARRAGANSETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. GO TO
THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
MOST TORNADOES IN NEW ENGLAND ARE OBSCURED BY RAIN. DO NOT WAIT TO
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! GO TO A BASEMENT OR AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4137 7160 4149 7156 4148 7142 4145 7143
4143 7146 4141 7145 4136 7149 4138 7152
4137 7157
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 004DEG 12KT 4138 7146
$$
MD527
WWUS51 KBOX 282220
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
620 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015
RIC009-282230-
/O.CAN.KBOX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150728T2300Z/
WASHINGTON RI-
620 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT.
LAT...LON 4137 7160 4149 7156 4148 7142 4145 7143
4143 7146 4141 7145 4136 7149 4138 7152
4137 7157
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 004DEG 12KT 4136 7146
$$
MDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Newport | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Newport | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Newport, Washington | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Washington | 28 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.