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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 19, 20215 counties in Rhode Island; Bristol County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 4:35 PM EDT for 5 counties in Rhode Island; Bristol County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 55 min. 3 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
Jun 19, 2021, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bristol County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 4:38 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWest Greenwich, RITREE BRANCH DOWN ON WIRES ON WEAVER HILL ROAD.
Jun 19, 4:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWarwick, RITREE AND WIRES DOWN ON EVERGLADE AVE
Jun 19, 4:56 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWest Greenwich, RITREE BRANCH DOWN ON WIRES ON WEAVER HILL ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2021-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 254 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-293 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

131 
WUUS51 KBOX 192035
SVRBOX
MAC005-RIC001-003-005-007-009-192130-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0019.210619T2035Z-210619T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
435 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts...
  Northeastern Washington County in Rhode Island...
  Newport County in Rhode Island...
  Kent County in Rhode Island...
  Southeastern Providence County in Rhode Island...
  Bristol County in Rhode Island...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 435 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near West Warwick,
  moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  New Bedford, Fall River, Warwick, Cranston, Coventry, Dartmouth,
  West Warwick, North Kingstown, Bristol, Somerset, Portsmouth,
  Barrington, Middletown, Swansea, Tiverton, Westport, East
  Greenwich, Warren, Scituate and Freetown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4150 7121 4164 7122 4151 7124 4154 7143
      4154 7139 4156 7142 4159 7170 4175 7167
      4175 7138 4177 7112 4174 7114 4177 7111
      4178 7097 4152 7095 4152 7096 4153 7096
      4149 7104 4151 7107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 276DEG 29KT 4167 7158 

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

Nocera

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX50 min
Jun 19, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Rhode Island, 2021Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.