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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2024, 5:48 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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 23, 2024, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2024, 6:13 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Capitol Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | East Hartford, CT | tree down blocking Burnham St. Time estimated from radar. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 12:59 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 414 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS51 KBOX 232148
TORBOX
CTC003-232230-
/O.NEW.KBOX.TO.W.0002.240623T2148Z-240623T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
548 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024
The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Hartford County in northern Connecticut...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 548 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over West Hartford, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Hartford, West Hartford, Manchester, East Hartford, Glastonbury,
Newington, Wethersfield, and South Windsor around 555 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4174 7284 4179 7283 4182 7251 4168 7247
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 271DEG 34KT 4176 7280
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Manning2 follow-up statements
904
WWUS51 KBOX 232159
SVSBOX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
559 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024
CTC003-232230-
/O.CON.KBOX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240623T2230Z/
Hartford CT-
559 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL HARTFORD COUNTY...
At 559 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Hartford, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Manchester, East Hartford, Glastonbury, and South Windsor around
605 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4174 7272 4180 7273 4182 7251 4171 7248
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 263DEG 33KT 4178 7266
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
$$
Manning569 WWUS51 KBOX 232213 SVSBOX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 613 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024 CTC003-232223- /O.CAN.KBOX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240623T2230Z/ Hartford CT- 613 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HARTFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for northern Connecticut. LAT...LON 4174 7272 4180 7273 4182 7251 4171 7248 TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 271DEG 34KT 4178 7247 $$ Manning
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 52 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.