Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
 3 PM EDT FRI MAY 23 1986

 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT...

AT 3 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT.
A PUBLIC REPORT OF SOME DIME SIZED HAIL WAS RECIEVED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THIS
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

IF THREAT ENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER.

CANNON

^BOSSPSPVD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR RHODE ISLAND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
300 PM EDT FRI 23 MAY 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING OVER WESTERN RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN
CONNECTICUTT...

AT 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON THE CHATHAM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
SHOWED A LARGE AREA WHICH CONTAINED A FEW VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
OVER WEST RHODE ISLAND AND EAST CONNECTICUTT.  THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS
LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PROVIDENCE.  SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN
REPORTED WITH THE STORMS IN CONNECTICUTT.  STRONG GUSTY WIND AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY BE EXPECTED.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  AT THIS SPEED
UNDERPASSES AND LOW) SPOTS ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.

DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR MINOR FLOODING..THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE WILL
MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS WORSE YET.  FOR THOSE OUT IN THE OPEN..IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GET TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

JWH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
 4 PM EDT FRI MAY 23 1986

 ...SLOW MOVING HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER NORTHEASTERN
CONNECTICUT.

A 4 PM RADAR INDICATED A LARGE THUNDERTORM NEARLY STATIONARY OVER
NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT. SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS OF RAIN HAVE BEEN RECIEVED FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS
THE CONNECTICUT STATE POLICE.

RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW SPOTS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE
SIGHTED
CANNON

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
 440 PM EDT FRI MAY 23 1986

 ...SLOW MOVING HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CONNECTICUT
AND THE SPRINGFIELD AREA.

A 430 PM EDT SEVERAL LARGE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE SPRINGFIELD AREA
OF MASSACHUSETTS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. HAIL
WAS REPORTED IN EASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT AND IN THE
SPRINGFIELD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR OCCASIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW SPOTS IS POSSIBLE.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED [IF NEEDED.

DIORIO