Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 20, 1989, 4:15 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 20, 1989, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 20, 1989, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 468 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 756 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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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
415 PM EDT FRI OCT 20 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CONNECTICUT
...HARTFORD...LITCHFIELD...TOLLAND
IN MASSACHUSETTS
...HAMPDEN
A SMALL RIVER AND STREAM FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 10 PM FOR R WESTERN AND CENTRAL
CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS AS THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY OF
MASSACHUSETTS. HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE
LAST 12 HOURS HAS SENT MANY SMALL RIVERS TO BANKFULL WITH SEVERAL
LOCATIONS REPORTING WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND NEAR BRIDGE LEVELS.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE RISING WATER LATE THIS
AFTERNOON BUT THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MUCH LIGHTER
LATER THIS EVENING.
TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY NEAR AFFECTED
WATERWAYS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, Oct 20, 11:16 AM EDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR RHODE ISLAND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
1115 PM EDT FRI OCT 20 1989
... COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE IN RHODE
ISLAND...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE
STATE ...
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS INCREASING TO GALE FORCE TODAY MAY CAUSE SOME
FLOODING OF LOW LYING COASTAL SECTIONS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE
IN RHODE ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON. TIDES ARE ALREADY RUNNING AROUND 2
FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT PROVIDENCE. TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
WITH SOME BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME HIGH TIDE TODAY.
HIGH TIDE AT PROVIDENCE IS AT 115 PM EDT
HIGH TIDE AT NEWPORT IS AT 1258 PM EDT
PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE RHODE ISLAND SHORE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING
WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INLAND...TO HIGHER GROUND ON SHORT
NOTICE.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF RHODE ISLAND THIS
AFTERNOON.
GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM DAYS OF WET WEATHER CAN HOLD NO MORE
WATER. HEAVY RAIN TO OUR WEST WILL BE MOVING INTO THE STATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...CAUSING THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODS FOR THE
OCEAN STATE.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. RHODE ISLANDERS
WHO LIVE ALONG THE BANKS OF RIVERS AND STREAMS OR OTHER LOW LYING
SECTIONS OF THE STATE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND ON
SHORT NOTICE IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY
INFORMED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. FURTHER STATEMENTS
WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP.
CARBONESpecial weather statement, Oct 20, 1:15 PM EDT, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR RHODE ISLAND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
112 PM EDT FRI OCT 20 1989
... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR RHODE ISLAND FOR THE THE REST
OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...
GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM DAYS OF WET WEATHER CAN HOLD NO MORE
WATER. MANY SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN RHODE ISLAND ARE RUNNING
AT OR NEAR BANK FULL. HEAVY RAIN TO OUR WEST WILL BE MOVING INTO THE
STATE THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...CAUSING THE POTENTIAL
OF FLASH FLOODING FOR THE OCEAN STATE.
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE ARE AREAS NEAR STORM DRAINS THAT HAVE BECOME
BLOCKED BY FALLEN LEAVES. IF POSSIBLE...THESE DRAINS SHOULD BE
CLEANED OUT TO RELIEVE THIS SITUATION.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. RHODE ISLANDERS
WHO LIVE ALONG THE BANKS OF SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS OR OTHER LOW
LYING SECTIONS OF THE STATE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND ON SHORT NOTICE IF FLOODING PIS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. FURTHER
STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP.
CARBONEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 6 hr |
| Oct 20, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 4 hr |
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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.