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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

September 11, 2016Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2016, 8:55 AM 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
Sep 11, 2016, 8:55 AM EDT (12:55 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2016, 9:45 AM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Capitol Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:57 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
Sep 11, 9:22 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGWindsor Locks, CTTREE DOWN ACROSS NORTH STREET BLOCKING ROAD

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -239 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
819 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

796 
WUUS51 KBOX 111255
SVRBOX
CTC003-013-111345-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0121.160911T1255Z-160911T1345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
855 AM EDT SUN SEP 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 AM EDT

* AT 854 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR HARTLAND TO NEAR NEW HARTFORD CENTER TO NEAR
  LITCHFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARTFORD...NEW BRITAIN...WEST HARTFORD...BRISTOL...MANCHESTER...
  EAST HARTFORD...ENFIELD...GLASTONBURY...NEWINGTON...VERNON...
  WINDSOR...AGAWAM...WETHERSFIELD...SOUTH WINDSOR...FARMINGTON...
  SIMSBURY...BLOOMFIELD...AVON...SUFFIELD AND ELLINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4204 7301 4204 7281 4200 7281 4200 7277
      4204 7275 4204 7264 4202 7260 4203 7254
      4203 7218 4174 7243 4169 7299 4180 7302
      4181 7295 4188 7295 4190 7291 4197 7289
      4197 7303
TIME...MOT...LOC 1254Z 245DEG 49KT 4201 7291 4183 7301 4171 7316 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SIPPRELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 9:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region50 min

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.