Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2017, 3:10 PM EDT for Providence County, Rhode Island; Bristol County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 50 min. 10 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 12, 2017, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bristol County, MA, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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 12, 3:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Darlington, RI | TREE DOWN ON BUCKLIN STREET. |
| Jul 12, 3:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rehoboth, MA | TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 44 |
| Jul 12, 3:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rehoboth, MA | TREE DOWN ON CEDAR STREET... TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON ELM STREET... AND TREE DOWN ON BAY STATE ROAD |
| Jul 12, 3:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rehoboth, MA | TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON TEMPLE STREET |
| Jul 12, 4:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rehoboth, MA | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO TREES ON ROAD |
| Jul 12, 4:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dighton, MA | TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON PROSPECT STREET |
| Jul 12, 4:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Dighton, MA | |
| Jul 12, 4:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rehoboth, MA | TREE DOWN ON RIVER STREET |
| Jul 12, 4:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Assonet, MA | TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON JEFFREY LANE AT GRAMP DEANE ROAD |
| Jul 12, 4:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rehoboth, MA | MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON COUNTY STREET |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 358 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KBOX 121910
SVRBOX
MAC005-RIC007-122000-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0047.170712T1910Z-170712T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Taunton MA
310 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2017
The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts...
East central Providence County in Rhode Island...
* Until 400 PM EDT
* At 310 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pawtucket,
moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect damage to
trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Providence, Pawtucket, Taunton, East Providence, Cumberland, North
Providence, North Attleborough, Attleboro, Lincoln, Central Falls,
Norton, Swansea, Seekonk, Raynham, Rehoboth, Freetown, Dighton and
Berkley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4183 7145 4193 7144 4196 7108 4179 7105
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 270DEG 19KT 4188 7137
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KJCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 10:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 11 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 112 min |
| Jul 12, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 3:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Newport, Providence | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 3:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Kent, Providence | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 4:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Kent, Washington | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 5:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Providence | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 5:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 114 min |
| Jul 12, 11:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 12:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 12:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 12:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 67 min |
| Jul 12, 1:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 1:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 2:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 55 min |
| Jul 12, 3:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 4:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 114 min |
| Jul 12, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 4:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 66 min | |
| Jul 12, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 58 min | |
| Jul 12, 4:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 114 min |
| Jul 12, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 66 min | |
| Jul 12, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 112 min |
| Jul 12, 5:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 7:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 115 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.