Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Jul 7, 1989, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)

Expired

Jul 7, 1989, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
541 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR 
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF MASSACHUSETTS
      THE CITY OF LAWRENCE...ESSEX...THE CITY OF LOWELL...

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF MASSACHUSETTS
      NORTHEAST MIDDLESEX...

...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED

AT 5:30 P.M. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AT WORCESTER AND
CHATHAM SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF
NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.  THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHEAST
MIDDLESEX AND NORTH ESSEX COUNTY SHORTLY.
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 MILES AN HOUR OCCURED IN NASHUA DURING THE
PAST HALF HOUR.

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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

 DEGREGORIO

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MASSACHUSETTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
400 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR ALL OF
MASSACHUSETTS...

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE STATE HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND SQUALL LINE COMBINATION NOW EXTENDING
ACROSS SOUTHERN VERMONT AND EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK.  RADAR HAS
INDICATED SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WHICH IS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO BERKSHIRE COUNTY WITHIN THE
HOUR...THEN ACROSS THE REST OF THE STATE DURING THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS SITTUATION AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER 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 6 PM EDT.

DORR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
 400 PM EDT FRI JUL 07 1989

 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR ALL
OF CONNECTICUT AND HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASSACHUSETTS...

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE AREA HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT..AND SQUALL LINE NOW EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHERN
VERMONT AND EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK.  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THAT AREA..MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND
25 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO MASSACHUSETTS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR
AND ACROSS CONNECTICUT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

YOU SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS WEATHER SIiTUATION AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
 AROUND 6 PM EDT.

WESTER

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.