Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1989, 4:17 PM EDT for Bristol County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1989, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1989, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bristol County, MA, Plymouth 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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 022017
SVRBOS
MAC023-005-022115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
417 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF MASSACHUSETTS
PLYMOUTH...BRISTOL
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED
415 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF
55 MPH WERE MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORFOLK COUNTY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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 ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
WYLLIEWhat 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 2, 2:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 215 PM EDT SUN MAY 21 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD FOR THE PERIOD FROM 2 PM EDT UNTIL 8 PM EDT. AT THIS TIME A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN VERMONT SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE BERKSHIRES TO SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. AT 2PM EDT NORTH ADAMS REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WILL WANT TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUcICK ACTION IN 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 SEVICE IN BOSTON AT ABOUT 430 PM EDT OR SOONER IF NEEDED. DUNNE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 215 PM EDT FRI JUNE 2 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD FOR THE PERIOD FROM 2 PM EDT UNTIL 8 PM EDT. AT THIS TIME A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN VERMONT SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE BERKSHIRES TO SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. AT 2PM EDT NORTH ADAMS REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WILL WANT TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUmICK ACTION IN 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 SEVICE IN BOSTON AT ABOUT 430 PM EDT OR SOONER IF NEEDED. DUNNE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR RHODE ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 225 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND AND COASTAL WATERS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND AND COASTAL WATERS FROM 2 PM EDT TO 8 PM EDT. AT THIS TIME A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTH VERMONT SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE BERKSHIRES INTO SOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. RESIDENTS WITHIN THIS WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT ON THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSnUED. .THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED AT ABOUT 430 PM OR SOONER IF NEEDED. HARTZELL
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 300 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... AT 300 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE SOUTH- WEST INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL CONNECTICUT. THIS LINE IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ALSO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THE SKY BECOMES THREATENING..YOU SHOULD GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER LIGHTNING CAN BE A KILLER. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS WATCH AROUND 400 PM EDT. WESTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 70 min |
| Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.