Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2016, 7:19 PM EDT for Providence County, Rhode Island; Hampden County, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 41 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 22, 2016, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 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, Hampden County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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 22, 7:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stafford, CT | TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON WATERFORD AVE. |
| Jul 22, 7:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stafford, CT | TREES DOWN ON ROCKY DUNDEE ST. |
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
639 WUUS51 KBOX 222319 SVRBOX CTC013-015-MAC013-027-RIC007-230000- /O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0052.160722T2319Z-160723T0000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 719 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHEASTERN TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... SOUTHEASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... WESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 719 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WILLINGTON... OR 10 MILES NORTH OF MANSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KILLINGLY...WEBSTER...SOUTHBRIDGE...BURRILLVILLE...NORTHBRIDGE... ELLINGTON...TOLLAND...OXFORD...UXBRIDGE...CHARLTON...PALMER... STAFFORD...DUDLEY...GLOCESTER...PUTNAM...THOMPSON...STURBRIDGE... SUTTON...MONSON AND DOUGLAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4186 7237 4217 7227 4210 7164 4177 7172 TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 278DEG 23KT 4194 7226 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ FRANK
1 follow-up statement
903
WWUS51 KBOX 222354
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
754 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016
CTC013-015-MAC013-027-RIC007-230003-
/O.EXP.KBOX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160723T0000Z/
WINDHAM CT-TOLLAND CT-HAMPDEN MA-WORCESTER MA-PROVIDENCE RI-
754 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WINDHAM...
NORTHEASTERN TOLLAND...SOUTHEASTERN HAMPDEN...SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER
AND WESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...
THE MAIN STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY
RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4186 7237 4217 7227 4210 7164 4177 7172
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 278DEG 23KT 4194 7226
$$
FRANKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire, Worcester | 52 min |
| Jul 22, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire, Worcester | 20 min |
| Jul 22, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester | 48 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.