CoastalWx Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 I was in Taunton at a track meet and the srn edge came through. It picked up the high jump maps and blew them across the field. I remember looking north towards Brockton at the time it just looked so dark and menacing. By the time I got back, I drove around the city and it was carnage everywhere. Even worse in Whitman where the 104mph was measured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 Heavy, heavy EML on the ALB 12z sounding before golfballs caused Kevin to go bald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Yeah that's sweet. Dry adiabatic FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Just looking at that shear you would never think you'd see anything like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 Just looking at that shear you would never think you'd see anything like that Yeah talk about an odd setup... with NW winds veering with height lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 Yeah talk about an odd setup... with NW winds veering with height lol. That OKX sounding is post backdoor cold front/outflow though so the pre-storm environment didn't have those easterly winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Heavy, heavy EML on the ALB 12z sounding before golfballs caused Kevin to go bald. Lol I'm not bald just buzzed. That storm crushed Tolland too. My wife's house where her parents still live had huge hail. She is so not into the weather and even she remembers that storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 If I recall it formed up near Amherst and dropped almost due south Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Probably enhanced by the EML over Tolland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Yeah talk about an odd setup... with NW winds veering with height lol. I guess this just further proves, when you have a steep lapse rate environment (EML in place) along with available moisture and lift...watch out b/c something may happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 I guess this just further proves, when you have a steep lapse rate environment (EML in place) along with available moisture and lift...watch out b/c something may happen. Yeah if you have the CAPE and wind shear to maintain updraft strength, anything can happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 Winds all day at BDL were light out of the N lol leading up to that thing. It was sultry through with mid 70s for dews and highs in the mid 90s. Odd with a light northerly wind. What a bizarre storm. Not much directional shear but tons of CAPE, enough speed shear, an EML overhead, and forcing along a BDCF gave us that beautiful hailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Probably enhanced by the EML over Tolland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 I guess this just further proves, when you have a steep lapse rate environment (EML in place) along with available moisture and lift...watch out b/c something may happen. Yeah it was ballz hot and humid that day plus the EML. You put 75ish dews under such steep lapse rates you're ready to go. BOS had a high of 88 that morning then the Atlantic Ocean said no thanks. METAR KBOS 201500Z 07017KT 7SM BKN040 27/16 A2982 RMK WSHFT CFROPA TCU RWU NW/ 8/200/ 52025; SLP100 T02670161 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Yeah if you have the CAPE and wind shear to maintain updraft strength, anything can happen. Winds all day at BDL were light out of the N lol leading up to that thing. It was sultry through with mid 70s for dews and highs in the mid 90s. Odd with a light northerly wind. What a bizarre storm. Not much directional shear but tons of CAPE, enough speed shear, an EML overhead, and forcing along a BDCF gave us that beautiful hailer. LI's were -6C on the ALB sounding at 0z...that's pretty damn decent. I'd also be willing to bet you had LI's as low as -8C or even -9C given those temps/dews along with the EML...that will do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Yeah it was ballz hot and humid that day plus the EML. You put 75ish dews under such steep lapse rates you're ready to go. BOS had a high of 88 that morning then the Atlantic Ocean said no thanks. METAR KBOS 201500Z 07017KT 7SM BKN040 27/16 A2982 RMK WSHFT CFROPA TCU RWU NW/ 8/200/ 52025; SLP100 T02670161 Talk about some BDCF. Had to suck for people in Boston that day...sweat your ass off in the AM and bring out the light jacket by the PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Talk about some BDCF. Had to suck for people in Boston that day...sweat your ass off in the AM and bring out the light jacket by the PM I've seen that so many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 I've seen that so many times. I think I would hate that...especially being someone who is usually always cold. Even I don't wear a light jacket now when it's into the 80's or 90's but if it were to drop back in to the 60's or even 70's from that and I didn't have my light jacket handy I'd be pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Reason #100 to not to live near the ocean in SNE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 Blog post about the June 20, 1995 supercell http://ryanhanrahan.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/a-look-back-at-the-biggest-hail-storm-in-decades/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Was the July 2010 cell that had TOR warnings pretty on radar? It did not drop any tornadoes but I did get some good rotation videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Nice post on your blog Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Reason #100 to not to live near the ocean in SNE Yeah cooling sea breezes are awful lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 Nice post on your blog Ryan Thanks! Have been meaning to post something for a couple years now lol Unfortunately I couldn't find archive video down in the basement here. Will keep looking though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 There was a series of severe storms leading up to that supercell on June 20 1995. I remember getting blasted by lightning around 1:15 that day and had marble size hail for 15 minutes with nonstop c/g. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 My fav supercell is 8/10/00. That thing was out of control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 My fav supercell is 8/10/00. That thing was out of control. Now THAT is special...to get something like that at night here is quite remarkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 8/10/00 was a strobe machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collinsville Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 This 6/16/2002 supercell had a real nice hook while it was producing a tornado in Dutchess County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Now THAT is special...to get something like that at night here is quite remarkable. I missed this particular page/report years ago...impressive stuff. http://www.erh.noaa....htm#Preliminary Local Storm Report One example of the degree of damage was at 53 Vassar Road, near the intersection with Manetti. The resident of the dwelling was in her yard, and willing to talk to me and show me around. She said that the storm struck with continuous lightning, large hail, heavy rain and a wall of wind at approximately 12:30 AM on Thursday. There were two cars in the driveway, both of which had been crushed by a pair of one foot diameter trees which had fallen across them. An 18 inch diameter oak tree had been uprooted and dropped across the corner of her living room, crushing about a 10 foot section of the corner of her house. Bits of leaves had been embedded in the vinyl siding of her house, leading to my estimate of 90 to 120 mph winds having caused the damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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