Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1989, 2:05 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 70 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1989, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1989, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 70 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampshire County, MA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Franklin, MA | |
| Jul 28, 3:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Hampshire, MA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What 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, Jul 28, 1:50 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 145 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 639 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS...EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 PM EDT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN MAINE TO NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WILL INTNESIFY AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITHIN THIS LINE ...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. 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 PAY ATTENTION TO THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPAR\ED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON AROUND 4 PM. BTS
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:03 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 200 PM FRI FRI JUL 28 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND THE GREATER SPRINGFIELD AREA UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN MAINE TO NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORT WITHIN THIS LINE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MILES AND HOUR OR MORE AND LARGE HAIL OF THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR GREATER. PERSONS WITHIN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. BE PERPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISStUED AS NECESSARY BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WBK
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR RHODE ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 200 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 PM. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN MAINE TO NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITHIN THIS LINE ...WITH DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND 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 PAY ATTENTION TO THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERuVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AROUND 4 PM. JWH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 90 min |
| Jul 27, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 1:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Nantucket | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 1:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 57 min |
| Jul 28, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.