Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MASSACHUSETTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
745 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD
UNTIL 1 AM EDT TONIGHT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 638 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF
MASSACHUSETTS...EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1 AM
EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW OCCURRING OVER VERMONT AND EASTERN NEW YORK.
SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITHIN THIS
AREA...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
INTO NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND WILL MOVE EASTWARD AT 20 TO 30
MILES AN HOUR ACROSS THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO OR NEW
STORMS FORM OVER EASTERN PORTIONS LATER THIS EVENING WITH A SEVERE
STORM POSSIBLE.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR OR MORE AND LARGE HAIL OF
THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR GREATER.

PERSONS WITHIN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON
THIS DEVELOPING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IS CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING
FOR THEIR AREA IS ISSUED.

THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON AROUND 10 PM.

DORR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD, CT
745 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT UNTILL 1 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 638 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF
CONNECTICUT EFFECTIVE UNTILL 1 AM EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW OCCURRING OVER EASTERN NEY YORK. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITHIN THIS AREA...DAMAGING WINDS AND
HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS AREA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN CONNECTICUT DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP CLOSE WATCH ON THIS DEVELOPING
SITUATION AND BE PREPARRED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS
OBSERVED OR A WARNING ISSUED.

DUNHAM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD, CT
935 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND
HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASSACHUSETTS UNTILL 1 AM EDT FRIDAY...

AT 915 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM KEENE NEW
HAMPSHIRE TO 20 MILES EAST OF PITTSFIELD MASSACHUSETTS. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS TO THE NORTH OF HAMPDEN
COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EASTERN NEW YORK STATE
AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE
INTO WESTERN CONNECTICUT DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS8.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP CLOSE WATCH ON THIS
DEVELOPING SITUATION AND BE PREPARRED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF SEVERE
WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING ISSUED.

DUNHAM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MASSACHUSETTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
1045 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD
UNTIL 1 AM EDT TONIGHT...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE INTO
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND IS MOVING EAST AROUND 25
MILES AN HOUR.  VIVID INTENSE LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THE MERRIMACK
VALLEY AND WORCESTER AREAS BY 1130 PM.  IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ONE OR TWO
OF THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  BECAUSE
OF THIS POTENTIAL...IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ALL PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED
AREA REMAIN ALERET AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN CASE A WARNING
IS ISSUED OR THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING.

DORR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD, CT
1145 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND
HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASSACHUSETTS UNTILL 1 AM EDT FRIDAY...

AT 1140 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEWBURYPORT
MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH SPRINGFIELD MA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF TORRINGTON
CONNECTICUT. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...HOWEVER THE
POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR ALL OF HAMPDEN COUNTY
MASSACHUSETTS AND ALL OF CONNECTICUT.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR TkHE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP CLOSE WATCH ON THIS
DEVELOPING SITUATION AND BE PREPARRED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF SEVERE
WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
DUNHAM