Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 20, 1989, 9:45 PM EST for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut; Hampden County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 20, 1989, 9:45 PM EST (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 20, 1989, 10:45 PM EST
- In force
- 60 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 00:00Z, 2.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 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 210246
SVRBDL
CTC003-013-MAC013-210345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
945 PM EST MON NOV 20 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CONNECTICUT
...HARTFORD...TOLLAND
IN MASSACHUSETTS
...HAMPDEN
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GREENFIELD MASSACHUSETTS TO NEW
YORK CITY IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 TO MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS
HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AND HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS DURING THE NEXT
HOUR.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICHKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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, Nov 20, 4:37 PM EST, 5 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 435 PM EST MON NOV 20 1989 NASTY WINTRY WEATHER IS ON THE HORIZON FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SHOWERS TONIGHT WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND FLURRIES ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXCEPT THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. THE CHANGEOVER SHOULD OCCUR IN THE BERKSHIRES BETWEEN 10 PM AND 1 AM AND ELSEWHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 4 AM TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF A BRIEF BURST OF HEAVY SNOW EARLY TUESDAY MORNING COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO FREEZING SHOULD ICE UP MANY ROADS. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE TO 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST TO BE ON THE GROUND BY DAYBREAK. THUNDERSTORMS MAY ACCOMPANY THE SNOW AND SLEET BURST OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP REGION WIDE SOMETIME BETWEEN 1 AND 6 AM. THE MORNING DRIVE TO WORK IN NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS COULD BE SLOW AND HAZARDOUS. SNOW AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND SHOULD BE NEGLIGIBLE BUT SLIPPERY STRETCHES OF PAVEMENT MAY DEVELOP AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND FLURRIES DEVELOP TOWARD MORNING. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SEVERAL INCHES ON THE CAPE AFTER DAYBREAK TUESDAY AS THE COLD AIR INTERACTS WITH THE WARMER WATERS OF THE BAY. WINDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO GUST BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH. LATE THIS AFTERNOON PELLSTON MICHIGAN REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 67 MPH. WIND CHILL TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. SO...WHILE ANY SNOW THAT DOES FALL SHOULD END BY MIDDAY IT IS GOING TO BE NASTY COLD FOR LATE NOVEMBER. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SHOULD PREPARE FOR A SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE WEATHER EARLY TUESDAY. BUNDLE UP TOMORROW AND THINK ABOUT ADDING SOME TIME TO YOUR NORMAL MORNING DRIVE TO WORK. DRAG
Special weather statement, Nov 20, 8:27 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR RHODE ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 830 PM EST THU NOV 17 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A VIGOROUS FAST MOVING COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. RHODE ISLANDERS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REMEMBER...A SEVER THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. RHODE ISLANDERS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1030PM...SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. VALLEE
Special weather statement, Nov 20, 8:31 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR RHODE ISLAND...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 830 PM EST MON NOV 20 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A VIGOROUS FAST MOVING COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. RHODE ISLANDERS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REMEMBER...A SEVER THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. RHODE ISLANDERS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1030PM...SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. VALLEE
Special weather statement, Nov 20, 8:59 PM EST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 850 PM EST THU NOV 16 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CONNECTICUT UNTIL 200 AM EST... A RAPIDLY MOVING LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE AT 845 PM ARE MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH. DAMAGING NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THEY LINE WILL BE ENTERING NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT SHORTLY AFTER 900 PM WILL PROBABLY CLEAR THE STATE BY MIDNIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL FOLLOW. REPORTS OF TREES DOWN, POWER OUTAGES AND OTHER WIND DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECENTLY REPORTED IN NEW YORK STATE. PERSONS IN CONNECTICUT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A PERIOD OF ACTIVE WEATHER LATER THIS EVENING WITH POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ANY WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BUDD
Special weather statement, Nov 20, 9:10 PM EST, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CONNECTICUT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 850 PM EST MON NOV 20 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CONNECTICUT UNTIL 200 AM EST... A RAPIDLY MOVING LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE AT 845 PM ARE MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH. DAMAGING NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE LINE WILL BE ENTERING NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT SHORTLY AFTER 900 PM WILL PROBABLY CLEAR THE STATE BY MIDNIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WITH A PERIOD OF SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL FOLLOW. REPORTS OF TREES DOWN, POWER OUTAGES AND OTHER WIND DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECENTLY REPORTED IN NEW YORK STATE. PERSONS IN CONNECTICUT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A PERIOD OF ACTIVE WEATHER LATER THIS EVENING WITH POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ANY WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BUDD
Special weather statement, Nov 20, 9:31 PM EST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 915 PM EST MON NOV 20 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 2 AM EST... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 767 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF MASSSACHUSETTS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS..EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. AT 9 PM EST A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS..WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK TO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS SQUALL LINE WAS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEASTWARD AROUND 60 MPH. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOME LOCATIONS IN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. THE LINE WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS..AND ACROSS THE REGION BY 2 AM. DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THE SQUALL LINE. THE SQUALL LINE IS IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST OVERNIGHT. THIS COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER AIR..ALONG WITH GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS. RAIN SHOWERS WILL TURN TO SNOW SHOWERS..WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS AND THE EAST COAST..EXCLUDING THE SOUTHEAST AND CAPE COD AREAS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING OVERNIGHT AND WILL GUST 40-60 MPH OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. ALL PE5RSONS SHOULD MONITOR RADIO..TELEVISION..AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. RMK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 10:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 1989Severe 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.