Severe Weather/Flash Flood Coordination Message #1 – Tuesday July 2nd, 2013 Severe Weather/Flash Flood Potential

July 2, 2013 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all..

..Thunderstorms with Heavy Rainfall and Flood/Flash Flood potential and Isolated to Scattered Strong to Severe Thunderstorms possible once again today across much of Southern New England. Urban/poor drainage, small river and stream flooding and damaging winds are the primary threats..
..A Flash Flood Watch is in effect through Wednesday Morning for Southern New Hampshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Northern Worcester and Northern Middlesex Counties of Massachusetts and Hartford County Connecticut..
..SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton will commence at 1 PM EDT Today to monitor the situation..

Monday July 1st brought the most widespread severe weather outbreak and flash flood event of 2013. If there are any more damage or flood pictures from yesterday’s events, please send as a reply to this email or to pics@nsradio.org and credit will be given to the spotter for the pictures and it will be shared with NWS, the media, and emergency management. A Post Severe Weather Coordination Message on the event can be seen at the following link:

http://beta.wx1box.org/node/3333

For today, the setup is fairly similar to yesterday. There is sufficient instability, slightly greater than yesterday, and sufficient shear, though slightly less than yesterday, to allow for thunderstorms with heavy rainfall and flood/flash flood potential and isolated to scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across much of Southern New England with urban poor drainage, small river, and stream flooding and damaging winds as the primary threats. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect through Wednesday Morning for Southern New Hampshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Northern Worcester and Northern Middlesex Counties of Massachusetts and Hartford County Connecticut. While flooding and flash flooding is a more widespread concern, the isolated to scattered severe thunderstorm threat is also a concern for today.

SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton will commence at 1 PM EDT today to monitor the situation. Below is the NWS Taunton Flash Flood Watch Statement, NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook and SPC Day-1 Convective Outlook:

NWS Taunton Flash Flood Watch Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wgus61.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

SPC Day-1 Convective Outlook:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html