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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 23, 2017Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2017, 12:13 AM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 19 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 23, 2017, 12:13 AM EDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2017, 12:32 AM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 00:00Z on 2017-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1278 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 00:00Z on 2017-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1278 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

As transmitted.

341 
WUUS51 KBOX 230413
SVRBOX
CTC003-013-015-230500-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0072.170823T0413Z-170823T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Taunton MA
1213 AM EDT WED AUG 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Windham County in northern Connecticut...
  Southern Tolland County in northern Connecticut...
  Southern Hartford County in northern Connecticut...

* Until 100 AM EDT

* At 1213 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wolcott,
  moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Hartford, New Britain, West Hartford, Meriden, Bristol, Manchester,
  East Hartford, Middletown, Southington, Glastonbury, Newington,
  Vernon, Wethersfield, Mansfield, South Windsor, Farmington,
  Windham, Wolcott, Colchester and Berlin.

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 4187 7240 4163 7194 4166 7216 4171 7224
      4164 7233 4160 7234 4158 7246 4165 7251
      4164 7266 4163 7271 4160 7272 4155 7282
      4157 7285 4155 7285 4156 7288 4156 7294
      4163 7293 4164 7298 4170 7300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 255DEG 40KT 4161 7294 

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

Nocera
1 follow-up statement
827 
WWUS51 KBOX 230432
SVSBOX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Taunton MA
1232 AM EDT WED AUG 23 2017

CTC003-013-015-230441-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-170823T0500Z/
Windham CT-Tolland CT-Hartford CT-
1232 AM EDT WED AUG 23 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WINDHAM...
SOUTHERN TOLLAND AND SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4187 7240 4163 7194 4166 7216 4171 7224
      4164 7233 4160 7234 4158 7246 4165 7251
      4164 7266 4163 7271 4160 7272 4155 7282
      4157 7285 4155 7285 4156 7288 4156 7294
      4163 7293 4164 7298 4170 7300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 255DEG 40KT 4166 7267 

$$

Nocera

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.