Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2016, 1:17 PM EDT for Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 58 min. 2 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
- Jul 7, 2016, 1:17 PM EDT (17:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Scituate, RI | TREE DOWN ON RTE 12 AND SEVEN MILE ROAD |
| Jul 7, 2:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Scituate, RI | TREE DOWN ON UTILITY POLE AND POWER LINES DOWN ON NIPNUC ROAD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
655
WUUS51 KBOX 071717
SVRBOX
RIC003-007-071815-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0025.160707T1717Z-160707T1815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
117 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
SOUTHERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 215 PM EDT
* AT 116 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
SCITUATE...OR NEAR JOHNSTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PROVIDENCE...WARWICK...CRANSTON...COVENTRY...NORTH PROVIDENCE...
WEST WARWICK...JOHNSTON...SMITHFIELD...SCITUATE...
GLOCESTER AND FOSTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4174 7173 4189 7162 4185 7140 4170 7141
TIME...MOT...LOC 1716Z 302DEG 5KT 4178 7160
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DUNTEN2 follow-up statements
511
WWUS51 KBOX 071744
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
144 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016
RIC003-007-071815-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160707T1815Z/
KENT RI-PROVIDENCE RI-
144 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KENT AND SOUTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTIES...
AT 143 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CRANSTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PROVIDENCE...WARWICK...CRANSTON...COVENTRY...WEST WARWICK...
JOHNSTON...SCITUATE AND FOSTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4173 7169 4184 7159 4182 7140 4170 7141
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 302DEG 6KT 4176 7155
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DUNTEN961
WWUS51 KBOX 071816
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
216 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016
RIC003-007-071826-
/O.EXP.KBOX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160707T1815Z/
KENT RI-PROVIDENCE RI-
216 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KENT AND
SOUTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TAUNTON.
LAT...LON 4173 7169 4184 7159 4182 7140 4170 7141
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 302DEG 5KT 4176 7155
$$
DUNTENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 1:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 112 min |
| Jul 7, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 3:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 3 hr |
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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.