Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2016, 9:57 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 48 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, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2016, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 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), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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 22, 10:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | New Britain, CT | SECTION OF SIDING RIPPED OFF HOUSE ON CHESTNUT ST. |
| Jul 22, 10:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | New Britain, CT | TREE DOWN ON HOUSE ON CHESTNUT 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted.
882
WUUS51 KBOX 230157
SVRBOX
CTC003-013-230245-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0063.160723T0157Z-160723T0245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
957 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
* AT 957 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NEW
BRITAIN... MOVING EAST AT 40 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...SOUTHINGTON...GLASTONBURY...NEWINGTON...
WETHERSFIELD...FARMINGTON...BERLIN...ROCKY HILL...AVON...
PLAINVILLE...COVENTRY...HEBRON...MARLBOROUGH...COLUMBIA AND BOLTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4177 7290 4173 7225 4170 7225 4169 7227
4167 7227 4164 7233 4161 7233 4159 7239
4160 7241 4159 7242 4158 7246 4165 7251
4163 7271 4160 7272 4164 7291
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 281DEG 35KT 4170 7280
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FIELD1 follow-up statement
811
WWUS51 KBOX 230206
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1006 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016
CTC003-013-230245-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160723T0245Z/
TOLLAND CT-HARTFORD CT-
1006 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TOLLAND AND SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTIES...
AT 1004 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NEWINGTON...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A WIND GUST
TO 62 MPH WITH THIS STORM IN NEW BRITAIN.
HAZARD...60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARTFORD...NEW BRITAIN...WEST HARTFORD...BRISTOL...MANCHESTER...
EAST HARTFORD...SOUTHINGTON...GLASTONBURY...NEWINGTON...
WETHERSFIELD...FARMINGTON...BERLIN...ROCKY HILL...AVON...
PLAINVILLE...COVENTRY...HEBRON...MARLBOROUGH...COLUMBIA AND BOLTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4177 7290 4173 7225 4170 7225 4169 7227
4167 7227 4164 7233 4161 7233 4159 7239
4160 7241 4159 7242 4158 7246 4165 7251
4163 7271 4160 7272 4164 7291
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 281DEG 35KT 4168 7270
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 42 min | |
| Jul 22, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 61 min | |
| Jul 22, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 52 min | |
| Jul 22, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 50 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.