weatherwiz Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 13 days!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Have to admit my excitement this year has waned given that I'm shipping the UMass radar out to Texas next week. It's needed more down there, but I'm bummed all the same to be relegated to Nexrad data in the Pioneer Valley. Working on funding to replace it and maybe even expand, but it will be a year at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Have to admit my excitement this year has waned given that I'm shipping the UMass radar out to Texas next week. It's needed more down there, but I'm bummed all the same to be relegated to Nexrad data in the Pioneer Valley. Working on funding to replace it and maybe even expand, but it will be a year at least. I wish BDL would get a TDWR. For the size airport it's surprising that they don't have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I wish BDL would get a TDWR. For the size airport it's surprising that they don't have one. Wow, I was just thinking that..lol. With the interesting wx it can get in the summer...I think it would be an awesome tool. Outflows coming off the east slopes and the south flow channeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I'm extremely bored at work, so I was going through some old storm reports from July 1999. I forgot how awesome that month was for me locally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 This is for Chris and Mike. My co-worker had this on file. Big PWM severe. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY MAINE 947 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0315 PM BETHLEHEM NH WIND DAMAGE 08/24/98 GRAFTON POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH TREES DOWN EVERYWHERE AND NO PHONE OR POWER 0320 PM PIERMONT NH 1.25 INCH HAIL 08/24/98 GRAFTON 7 HOUSE WINDOWS DESTROYED 0320 PM PIERMONT NH 60 MPH TSTM GUST 08/24/98 GRAFTON 0320 PM LITTLETON NH WIND DAMAGE 08/24/98 GRAFTON DOWNED TREES BLOCKING ROADS AND SIDING TORN OFF HOUSES 0402 PM TAMWORTH NH 2.5 INCH HAIL 08/24/98 CARROLL 0419 PM LIMERICK ME WIND DAMAGE 08/24/98 YORK TREES AND WIRES DOWN 0425 PM HOLLIS CENTER ME WIND DAMAGE 08/24/98 YORK TREES AND WIRES DOWN CLOSING RT 117 0444 PM GORHAM ME WIND DAMAGE 08/24/98 CUMBERLAND LARGE TREES DOWN 0445 PM WESTBROOK ME WIND DAMAGE 08/24/98 CUMBERLAND LARGE TREES DOWN WITH POWER OUTAGES 0449 PM PORTLAND ARPT ME 70 MPH TSTM GUST 08/24/98 CUMBERLAND 0450 PM PORTLAND ME WIND DAMAGE 08/24/98 CUMBERLAND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH BRANCHES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES 0450 PM PORTLAND ARPT ME 70 MPH TSTM GUST 08/24/98 CUMBERLAND AIRPLANES BEING BLOWN AROUND THE RAMP 0505 PM PORTLAND ME WIND DAMAGE 08/24/98 CUMBERLAND ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOUSE ONTO EXIT RAMP OF I-295 0505 PM SOUTH PORTLAND ME WIND DAMAGE 08/24/98 CUMBERLAND LARGE TREES AND WIRES DOWN 0510 PM WESTBROOK ME WIND DAMAGE 08/24/98 CUMBERLAND TREES DOWN CLOSING ROADS 0513 PM ME WIND DAMAGE 08/24/98 SAGADAHOC TREES AND WIRES DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY 0825 PM MEREDITH NH WIND DAMAGE 08/24/98 BELKNAP TREES DOWN 0830 PM LACONIA NH WIND DAMAGE 08/24/98 BELKNAP SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 The pattern is certainly looking better heading into May. Maybe a bit more ridging along the East Coast than would be ideal, but it's better that than cutoffs (E or NE flow) and well-below average temps if you're hoping for mid-Spring severe in the Northeast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 1999 was a big damaging wind year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 Have to admit my excitement this year has waned given that I'm shipping the UMass radar out to Texas next week. It's needed more down there, but I'm bummed all the same to be relegated to Nexrad data in the Pioneer Valley. Working on funding to replace it and maybe even expand, but it will be a year at least. As long as there is a process to replace or expand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 I'm extremely bored at work, so I was going through some old storm reports from July 1999. I forgot how awesome that month was for me locally. I wish you would be more into posting about severe...even in just general discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I wish you would be more into posting about severe...even in just general discussion. I always post about severe when we get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 The pattern is certainly looking better heading into May. Maybe a bit more ridging along the East Coast than would be ideal, but it's better that than cutoffs (E or NE flow) and well-below average temps if you're hoping for mid-Spring severe in the Northeast. I'd like to see less troughing over our area. Maybe if we are lucky we get some over the top fun...but I'd like to see those blues move away. I would think a better Plains or OV trough is more ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 I always post about severe when we get it. I know...but even other occasions...you know a great deal when it comes to severe and I love reading what you have to say about things...whether it's a past event or one we're tracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I know...but even other occasions...you know a great deal when it comes to severe and I love reading what you have to say about things...whether it's a past event or one we're tracking. Thanks for the nice words. I'll do what I can...lately I've been sort of numb to it...but maybe the 90s and early 2000s will revisit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 I'd like to see less troughing over our area. Maybe if we are lucky we get some over the top fun...but I'd like to see those blues move away. I would think a better Plains or OV trough is more ideal. Very tough to really decipher right now...this fine of the year waves lengths are still elongating so what the pattern looks like now will be different in a few weeks even if nothing changes. What I see right now is what I believe Ocean St mentioned...we continue to see so many fronts work to the gulf coast that ifs been hard if get quality moisture to return north and sustain itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 Thanks for the nice words. I'll do what I can...lately I've been sort of numb to it...but maybe the 90s and early 2000s will revisit. I always enjoy what you, Ryan, Will, dendrite, Ocean St and Ekster have to say (along with others)...I still have a ton to figure out and learn plus understand myself and I can always count on all of you to really help me there. I know our severe wx is nothing like the Plains but we still get it to a certain degree and I just have to enjoy what we get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Here you go Wiz. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...TWO TORNADOES ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 413 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2000 .F1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN ELLINGTON CONNECTICUT AND A F0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN FOSTER RHODE ISLAND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... CONNECTICUT A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY HAS CONFIRMED THAT A SMALL TORNADO OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 140 PM THIS AFTERNOON IN ELLINGTON CONNECTICUT...IN NORTHWEST TOLLAND COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS CLASSIFIED AS A F1 RATING ON THE FUJITA DAMAGE SCALE...WHICH REPRESENTS APPROXIMATE WIND SPEEDS FROM 73 TO 112 MPH. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS 40 YARDS WIDE AND APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES LONG. THE TORNADO TRAVELED FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST. THIS WAS QUITE UNUSUAL BECAUSE THE TORNADO SPUN UP IN THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IMMEDIATELY ALONG A COLD FRONT WHICH WAS PASSING THROUGH THE AREA. IT WAS CONFINED TO THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF THE DEVELOPING STORM. SOMETIMES THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS MAXIMIZED DURING THIS DEVELOPMENT PHASE. IT DID NOT FORM FROM THE CLASSIC TYPE O TORNADO SITUATION...WHERE A SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CREATES A TORNADO WHICH WORKS ITS WAY DOWN TO THE GROUND FROM HIGHER UP IN THE STORM. THERE WERE SEVERAL EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF A ROTATING BROWNISH-BLACK FUNNEL CLOUD WHICH CONTAINED DEBRIS...SUCH AS LARGE BRANCHES. THE TORN THEN STRUCK A TRAILER STORE ALONG ROUTE 83 IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF ELLINGTON. A TOTAL OF 27 TRAILERS WERE BLOWN AROUND AND WERE LYING IN MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. ONE TRAILER...WHICH WAS 6 FT. BY 12 FT. LONG...EMPTY...AND WEIGHING 1,380 POUNDS WAS LIFTED UPWARD TO A HEIGHT OF 35 FT AND CARRIED A DISTANCE OF 60 YARDS. IT TRAVELED IN A CIRCULAR PATH. BRANCHES WERE SEEN ROTATING AT ABOUT 100 FT UP IN THE SKY. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A ROTATIONAL CONVERGENT PATTERN IN THE TALL GRASS. THERE WAS A SHARP GRADIENT OF DAMAGE VERSUS NO DAMAGE...ALSO INDICATIVE OF A TORNADO. BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE TRAILER DESCRIBED ABOVE...THE STORM WAS CLASSIFIED AS F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. A COW BARN...WHICH HAS BEEN DESCRIBED MORE LIKE A GREENHOUSE...HAD A GALVANIZED STEEL FRAME WHICH CAVED INWARD. THE PLASTIC COVERING WAS RIPPED OFF. THERE WERE A FEW TREES UPROOTED BEHIND A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE. FORTUNATELY...THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PEOPLE...OR COWS. THERE WAS ONLY MINIMAL DAMAGE TO A HOME...WITH A FEW SHINGLES MISSING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I vividly remember that TOR. Only a few miles to the NW of our first house in Tolland. It was 90 degree day but not that humid. There was no rain or anything from that front. It was just a dry fropa that mysteriously formed this freak tornado in the valley of Ellington airport. That area sits directly between the hills here and Twds Ne Ellington and then the hills of Somers. Very unusual circumstances that day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I vividly remember that TOR. Only a few miles to the NW of our first house in Tolland. It was 90 degree day but not that humid. There was no rain or anything from that front. It was just a dry fropa that mysteriously formed this freak tornado in the valley of Ellington airport. That area sits directly between the hills here and Twds Ne Ellington and then the hills of Somers. Very unusual circumstances that day My co-worker has all this random stuff saved. I'm raiding his file looking for random stuff. This one I will never forget. Strobe city and TOR warning at 3:30am. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 650 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2000 ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETERMINES THAT DAMAGE FROM SEVERE STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING WAS FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND NOT A TORNADO... A VERY LONG-LIVED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...TERMED A SUPERCELL... FORMED IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE AROUND 1230 AM...THEN TRACKED EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... FAR NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE STORM WEAKENED SOMEWHAT AFTER PASSING BROCKTON MA...THEN REINTENSIFIED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TO THE NORTHEAST OF PROVINCETOWN AROUND SUNRISE. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL WERE RECEIVED ALONG THIS TRACK. GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL /1.75 INCHES IN DIAMETER/ WAS REPORTED IN WILLINGTON CT...SMITHFIELD RI...CUMBERLAND RI...AND EASTON MA. HAIL 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER DENTED A CAR IN NORTON MA. OTHER CARS WERE REPORTED TO BE DENTED IN LINCOLN RI. THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWNED BUT NO REPORTS OF INJURIES. WHEN THE STORM REACHED EASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY CONNECTICUT IT BEGAN TO DEVELOP A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ROTATION ALOFT. THE SHAPE OF THE RADAR ECHO INDICATED THAT A TORNADO MAY HAVE BEEN FORMING. AT THAT POINT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE UPGRADED TO TORNADO WARNINGS. NO REPORTS OF AN ACTUAL TORNADO OR FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE RECEIVED. THIS AFTERNOON...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF SEVERE STORM DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED ACROSS A PORTION OF NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING SMITHFIELD...NORTH SMITHFIELD... BURRILLVILLE...AND GLOCESTER. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SEVERAL MICROBURSTS...OR POCKETS OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...OCCURRED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO. THE DAMAGE WAS RATHER ISOLATED...BUT WHERE IT OCCURRED IT WAS SIGNIFICANT. A FEW LARGE OAK TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF NEAR THEIR TOPS IN A SUBDIVISION BEHIND BRYANT COLLEGE IN SMITHFIELD. AT THE COLLEGE...A LARGE PINE TREE WAS SNAPPED...AND GRASS WAS FLATTENED TO THE GROUND. ALL OF THESE FELL IN A WEST-NORTHWEST TO EAST- SOUTHEAST DIRECTION...INDICATIVE OF A MICROBURST. IN GLOCESTER... A VERY LARGE AND CENTURIES-OLD CHESTNUT TREE WAS SNAPPED OFF... BLOCKING A PORTION OF ROUTE 102. WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN 70 AND 85 MPH FOR THESE AREAS. IT IS APPARENT THAT THE STRONG CIRCULATION SEEN ON DOPPLER RADAR DID NOT MAKE IT DOWN TO GROUND-LEVEL. HAD THIS OCCURRED...DAMAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE AND WIDESPREAD. IT IS UNUSUAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO OCCUR BETWEEN 3 AM TO 5 AM IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...AND IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO ALERT PEOPLE DURING THESE HOURS. ONE EFFECTIVE METHOD OF BEING ALERTED TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WARNINGS WHILE YOU ARE SLEEPING...IS TO HAVE A TONE-ALERTED NOAA WEATHER RADIO. THIS WILL BE SILENT UNTIL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TRIGGERS THE TONE ALARM...WHICH CAN HELP SAVE LIVES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I have no recollection of that one. Might have been on the Cape on vaca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 I remember that day...I actually had my grandparents come to the basement b/c I was worried...in fact I myself was scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I remember that day...I actually had my grandparents come to the basement b/c I was worried...in fact I myself was scared. Nothing like waking up to a tornado warning and a strobe light out your window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Nothing like waking up to a tornado warning and a strobe light out your window. Even here we have our scares! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I wish BDL would get a TDWR. For the size airport it's surprising that they don't have one. Wow, I was just thinking that..lol. With the interesting wx it can get in the summer...I think it would be an awesome tool. Outflows coming off the east slopes and the south flow channeling. This plus the beam height of the various 88ds off the ground... Pretty big gap there and considering the very strong tornado that is part of it's history I agree it is surprising they don't have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 This plus the beam height of the various 88ds off the ground... Pretty big gap there and considering the very strong tornado that is part of it's history I agree it is surprising they don't have one. Yeah it's pretty sad. Radar coverage is awful - Charlotte is probably the only other city Hartford/Springfield's size with no 88d coverage but they have a TDWR. I don't even know who in congress to bother about trying to get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Yeah it's pretty sad. Radar coverage is awful - Charlotte is probably the only other city Hartford/Springfield's size with no 88d coverage but they have a TDWR. I don't even know who in congress to bother about trying to get one. Plus we can see how bad Kevin lies when 15DBZ echoes are reported as "ripping" snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Just 12 days...it's so close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Have to admit my excitement this year has waned given that I'm shipping the UMass radar out to Texas next week. It's needed more down there, but I'm bummed all the same to be relegated to Nexrad data in the Pioneer Valley. Working on funding to replace it and maybe even expand, but it will be a year at least. Something CASA-like would be nice to fill in a few of our holes. And we don't even have it as bad as some other locales across the country. Northeast TX or MO is much worse than our southwest NH no man's land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 This is for Chris and Mike. My co-worker had this on file. Big PWM severe. Nudity. Just need Ekster to cook us up another EML. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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