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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2016, 2:21 PM EDT for Kent County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 39 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 7, 2016, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Kent County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.
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WWUS81 KBOX 071821
SPSBOX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
221 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016
RIZ001>004-071900-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
221 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN BRISTOL...NORTHEASTERN KENT AND
SOUTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTIES...
AT 220 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CRANSTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PROVIDENCE...WARWICK...CRANSTON...EAST PROVIDENCE...COVENTRY...WEST
WARWICK...JOHNSTON...SEEKONK AND SCITUATE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS OR UNDERPASSES. AVOID LOW LYING
AREAS NEAR SMALL STREAMS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY AND BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGE. STAY
TUNED FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 4168 7139 4169 7145 4167 7145 4171 7166
4184 7165 4183 7134 4179 7133 4175 7136
4179 7137 4179 7138 4178 7139 4173 7138
4172 7135 4167 7137 4167 7138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 285DEG 7KT 4175 7157
$$
DUNTENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 35 min |
| Jul 7, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 1:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 112 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 |
| Jul 7, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 47 min | |
| Jul 7, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 44 min | |
| Jul 7, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 43 min | |
| Jul 7, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 41 min | |
| Jul 7, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 46 min | |
| Jul 7, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 88 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.