Severe Weather Coordination Message #1 – late Sunday Afternoon 7/13/14-Wednesday 7/16/14 – Severe Weather Potential

July 13, 2014 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all..

..After another gorgeous weekend and end of last week, the weather will turn active again to start the new work week..
..An Isolated strong to severe thunderstorm cannot be ruled out for late Sunday Afternoon and Sunday Evening in Southwest New Hampshire, far Western Massachusetts and extreme Western Connecticut. Strong Winds and heavy rainfall with urban and poor drainage flooding are the main threats..
..Isolated to Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are likely across much of Southern New England on Monday and Tuesday and potentially extending into Eastern New England for Wednesday. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has 5% severe weather probabilities for Southern New England for Monday. Strong to Damaging winds, hail and heavy rainfall with urban and poor drainage flooding to flash flooding are the main threats..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor any isolated strong to severe thunderstorm activity in far western portions of the area for late Sunday Afternoon and Evening. SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton are likely Monday starting as early as Noon time and lasting through late Evening. SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton is also likely on Tuesday and possible on Wednesday..

After another period of gorgeous late week and weekend weather, the weather will turn active once again to start the work week. Another slow moving cold front will begin to impact the Northeast United States starting largely in New York and Pennsylvania on Sunday and then spreading into New England on Monday and Tuesday setting the stage for several rounds of isolated to scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across much of Southern New England with strong to damaging winds, hail and heavy rainfall with urban and poor drainage flooding to flash flooding as the main threats.

For late Sunday Afternoon and evening, it is possible that an isolated strong to severe thunderstorm could affect extreme Southwest New Hampshire, extreme Western Massachusetts an extreme Western Connecticut. The main threats for severe weather and flash flood potential across the NWS Taunton coverage area will be on Monday and Tuesday potentially extending into Wednesday in Eastern New England.

SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor any isolated strong to severe thunderstorm activity in far western portions of the area for late Sunday Afternoon and Evening. SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton are likely Monday starting as early as Noon time and lasting through late Evening. SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton is also likely on Tuesday and possible on Wednesday. The next coordination message will be issued by 1000 PM this evening. Below is the NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook, NWS Taunton Facebook Graphic and SPC’s Day-1 and Day-2 Convective Outlooks:

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

NWS Taunton Facebook Graphic:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/2014.07.13_AM_Fcst.png

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

SPC Day-2 Convective Outlook:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day2otlk.html