Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2016, 4:42 PM EDT for Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2016, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 12:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
707
WUUS51 KBOX 182042
SVRBOX
CTC015-RIC003-007-182115-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0046.160718T2042Z-160718T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
442 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
SOUTHWESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 442 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
CANTERBURY... OR NEAR WINDHAM...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COVENTRY...WINDHAM...PLAINFIELD...KILLINGLY...SCITUATE...
BROOKLYN...WEST GREENWICH...CANTERBURY...FOSTER...STERLING...
CHAPLIN...HAMPTON AND SCOTLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4160 7179 4164 7179 4165 7186 4163 7196
4166 7213 4176 7212 4181 7162 4160 7161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 264DEG 39KT 4168 7205
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FIELD1 follow-up statement
165
WWUS51 KBOX 182100
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
500 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
CTC015-RIC003-007-182109-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160718T2115Z/
WINDHAM CT-KENT RI-PROVIDENCE RI-
500 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WINDHAM...
SOUTHWESTERN KENT AND SOUTHWESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND RHODE ISLAND.
LAT...LON 4160 7179 4164 7179 4165 7186 4163 7196
4166 7213 4176 7212 4181 7162 4160 7161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 264DEG 39KT 4170 7179
$$
FIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 49 min | |
| Jul 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 46 min | |
| Jul 18, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 64 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Rhode Island, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.