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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 13, 2016Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Providence County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2016, 3:41 PM EDT for Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 13, 2016, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
34 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, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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 nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1991 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1991 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

341 
WUUS51 KBOX 131941
SVRBOX
CTC015-RIC007-132015-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0099.160813T1941Z-160813T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
341 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  WESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 341 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  KILLINGLY...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF PLAINFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KILLINGLY...BURRILLVILLE...SCITUATE...GLOCESTER...PUTNAM...
  THOMPSON...BROOKLYN...WOODSTOCK...FOSTER...POMFRET AND STERLING.

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 4179 7194 4192 7197 4196 7166 4174 7166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 268DEG 17KT 4185 7184 

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

NOCERA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX49 min
Aug 12, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX30 min
Aug 13, 4:31 AM EDTExcessive Heat WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region14 hr
Aug 13, 4:09 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryBOXCapitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region27 hr
Aug 13, 4:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region116 min
Aug 12, 11:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXWashington38 min
Aug 12, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXWashington44 min
Aug 13, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Kent30 min
Aug 13, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXProvidence26 min
Aug 13, 6:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXProvidence52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Rhode Island, 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.