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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 19, 2017Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2017, 12:17 AM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 28 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
May 19, 2017, 12:17 AM EDT (04:17 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2017, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2017-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 142 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 2017-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 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
142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2073 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

211 
WUUS51 KBOX 190417
SVRBOX
CTC003-013-015-190445-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0009.170519T0417Z-170519T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Taunton MA
1217 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017

The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Windham County in northern Connecticut...
  Tolland County in northern Connecticut...
  East central Hartford County in northern Connecticut...

* Until 1245 AM EDT

* At 1216 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Manchester,
  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, Manchester, East Hartford, Glastonbury, Vernon, Windsor,
  Wethersfield, Mansfield, South Windsor, Windham, Plainfield, Rocky
  Hill, Willimantic, Killingly, Ellington, Tolland, Coventry,
  Stafford, Griswold and East Windsor.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4189 7265 4199 7199 4167 7178 4165 7179
      4163 7196 4166 7213 4166 7216 4171 7224
      4169 7227 4167 7227 4164 7233 4162 7233
      4162 7238 4169 7266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 264DEG 41KT 4178 7254 

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

LEC
1 follow-up statement
602 
WWUS51 KBOX 190427
SVSBOX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Taunton MA
1227 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017

CTC003-190436-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170519T0445Z/
Hartford CT-
1227 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HARTFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4189 7248 4199 7199 4168 7178 4165 7179
      4163 7195 4166 7213 4166 7216 4171 7224
      4169 7227 4167 7227 4164 7233 4162 7233
      4162 7240 4168 7245 4181 7247 4181 7250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 264DEG 41KT 4179 7238 

$$

CTC013-015-190445-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170519T0445Z/
Windham CT-Tolland CT-
1227 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR WINDHAM AND TOLLAND COUNTIES...

At 1226 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Coventry, or
near Vernon, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Vernon, Mansfield, Windham, Plainfield, Willimantic, Killingly,
Ellington, Tolland, Coventry, Griswold, Hebron, Putnam, Brooklyn,
Woodstock, Lebanon, Marlborough, Willington, Columbia, Canterbury and
Bolton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4189 7248 4199 7199 4168 7178 4165 7179
      4163 7195 4166 7213 4166 7216 4171 7224
      4169 7227 4167 7227 4164 7233 4162 7233
      4162 7240 4168 7245 4181 7247 4181 7250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 264DEG 41KT 4179 7238 

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

Sipprell

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 11:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX32 min
May 18, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX36 min
May 18, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region25 min
May 19, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region27 min
May 19, 12:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX33 min
May 19, 12:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX34 min
May 19, 12:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX39 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.