Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1987, 6:19 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut; Hampden County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1987, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1987, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KBDL 132219
SVRBDL
CTC003-MAC013-132315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
619 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
...HARTFORD
IN SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS
...HAMPDEN
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT GRANVILLE MASSACHUSETTS.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
CANNONWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 200 PM EST SAT JUNE 13 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT..EXCEPT EXTREME EAST AND SOUTHEAST... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS..EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8 PM EDT. THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE GREATER BOSTON METROPOLITAN AREA OR SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS..WHICH INCLUDESG CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. AT 2 PM..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN NEW YORK..MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE BERKSHIRES OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETSS WITHIN THE HOUR. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT..AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN CASE THE SKIES BECOMES THREATENING..OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. D'OR
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:19 PM EDT, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 215 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 1987 ...SERVER THUNDERSTORM WATCH WUNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8 PM EDT. AT 2 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NEW YORK AND MASSACHUSETTS BORDER...MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE BERKSHIRES OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETES WITHIN THE HOUR. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND BE PREPARTED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN CASE THE SKIES BECOMES THREATERNING...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. WOODARD
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 800 PM EDT MON JUN 13 198 THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AT 8 PM EDT. MCGUILL
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 430 PM EDT SAT JUNE 13 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASS... AT 430 PM SOME VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING EASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHERN HAMPDEN AND NORTHERN HARTFORD COUNTIES. SOME SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS STRONG GUSTY WINDS WAS BEING REPORTED. SOME OTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS NOTED 10 TO 20 MILES EAST OF HARTFORD AND WAS ALSO MOVING EASTWARD. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARING THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF CONNECTICUT AND IS LIKELY TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS IT TOO MOVES EASTWARD. BE PREPARED TvO SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE SIGHTED. CANNON
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 515 PM EST SAT JUNE 13 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT..EXCEPT FOR EXTREME EAST AND SOUTHEAST PORTION... AT 5 PM..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR..SATELLITE AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWESTERN MAINE..ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INTO EASTERN NEW YORK. SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THIS AREA. PEA SIZED HAIL FELL IN AGAWAM MASSACHUSETTS SHORTLY AFTER 4 PM. THE STORMS ARE MOVING FROM THE WEST AROUND 30 MPH AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT..AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN CASE THE SKIES BECOMES THREATENING..OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. D'OR
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:27 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 530 PM EDT SAT JUNE 13 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASS... AT 530 PM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF LITCHFIELD COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTAIN HAIL AS WELL AS VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS ALSO OBSERVED ALONG THE CONNECTICUT...MASS BORDER BETWEEN HARTFORD AND SPRINGFIELD. THIS ACTIVITY APPEARED TO BE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE EAST AND NORTHEAST. ELSEWHERE IN THE AREA HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN THE HUDSON VALLEY OF EASTERN NEW YORK...THESE WERE ALSO MOVING EASTWARD AND COULD AFFECT WESTERN CONNECTICUT DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPEAR. CANNON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 1987Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.