Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1987, 8:55 PM EDT for Norfolk County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1987, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1987, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA
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
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBOS 140056 COR
SVRBOS
MAC025-140130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
855 PM EDT JUN 13 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
...SUFFOLK
...NORFOLK
NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MEDFORD MA AND RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOSTON AND NEEDHAM MOVING EAST. THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE OCEAN DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.
ALL PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
DORR1 follow-up statement
000
TTAA00 KBOS 140058
SVRBOS
MAC021-025-140130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
855 PM EDT JUN 13 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
...SUFFOLK
...NORFOLK
NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MEDFORD MA AND RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOSTON AND NEEDHAM MOVING EAST. THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE OCEAN DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.
ALL PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
DORRWhat 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, 5:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 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
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 730 PM EDT SAT JUNE 13 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASS... AT 730 PM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY AFTER PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL OVER NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT AND ALSO IN HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS THEY PROGRESS EASTWARD AT 20 TO 30 MPH...HOWEVER THEY ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS WELL AS STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPEARS. CANNON
Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WINDSOR LOCKS, CT
735 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 1987
7.35 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 1987
555 PM EDT JUN 13 STATE POLICE AT CANAAN...LITCHFIELD COUNTY 40 NW OF
HARTFORD REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.
615 PM EDT JUN 13 GRANVILLE MA. HAMPDEN CO. 20 MI WEST OF SPRINGFIELD.
REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.
630 PM EDT JUN 13 SALISBURY CONNECTICUT. LITCHFIELD COUNTY. 45 MI NW
OF HARTFORD. STATE POLICE REPORT TREES DOWNED
710 PM EDT JUN 13 ENFIELD CT. HARTFORD CO. NUMEROUS WIRES DOWNED.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 8:07 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR RHODE ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 805 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 1987 ... INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF RHODE ISLAND CONTINUE MOVING THIS WAY ... AT 740 PM EDT CHATHAM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN WORCHESTER AND BOSTOM MASSACHUSETTS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER CENTRAL CONNECTICUT...BY 800 PM THEY HAD MOVED TO NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF RHODE ISLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE NEAR SEVERE LIMITS AND COULD BE MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND DURING THE NEXT HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE THROUGH THE STATE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. RHODE ISLANDERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR NEAR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY TONIGHT...THEN TAKE COVER AS IT APPROACHES. MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN UPPER NARRAGANSETT BAY...SHOULD KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND GET TO A SAFE HARBOUR BEFORE IT ARRIVES. STAY TUNED TO RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. OTHER STATMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FOREC4AST ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CARBONE
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 8:12 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 815 PM EST SAT JUNE 13 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS SHOW THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE WEAKENING SLOWLY. AT 8 PM..A SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CAPE ANN SOUTHWESTWARD TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF WORCESTER. THE LINE IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO..THEN DIMINISH TO RAIN SHOWERS BY MIDNIGHT. QUITE A FEW REPORTS OF RATHER LARGE HAIL WERE RECEIVED WITH THE LARGEST..THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS..IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM EDT. NO DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THUS FAR. RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR WORCESTER BETWEEN 7 AND 730 PM BUT NO CONFIRMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION UNLESS FURTHER INFORMAT9ION BECOMES AVAILABLE. D'OR
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 8:13 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 810 PM EDT SAT JUNE 13 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS ENDED FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASS... AT 8 PM SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS CONTINUING TO WORK ITS WAY EASTWARD AND WAS GENERALLY ORIENTED IN A LINE EXTENDING FROM THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE SOUTHWESTWARD TO JUST NORTH OF BRIDGEPORT. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE ACTIVITY IN TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES CONTINUED TO BE FAIRLY HEAVY. THE THUNDERSTORMS COMTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE STATE BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HE:AVY DOWNPOURS AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS. CANNON
Nearby
Severe 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.