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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

November 12, 1990Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut; Hampden County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 12, 1990, 11:50 PM EST for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut; Hampden County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 1990, 11:50 PM EST (04:50 UTC)
Expired
Nov 13, 1990, 12:15 AM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Hampden 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

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 1990-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 1990-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Nov 12, 6:36 PM EST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
MAZALL-130600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
635 PM EST MON NOV 12 1990

A PERIOD OF SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL USHER BITTER COLD AIR INTO MUCH OF
THE BAY TONIGHT.

MANY AREAS IN MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD EXPERIENCE FLURRIES TONIGHT AS THE
COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON SO FAR CHARGES INTO THE REGION.  THE GROUND
MAY BE DUSTED WITH UP TO HALF AN INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS WITH THE
BERKSHIRES IN LINE FOR AN INCH OR 2 OF SNOW.

TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET THROUGH THE 20S LATER TONIGHT. STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL DRIVE THE WIND CHILL TO NEARLY 15 BELOW
ZERO.

SO BUNDLE UP AND DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF THERE IS A DUSTING OF SNOW
TONIGHT.

DRAG
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 6:43 PM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes before
MAZALL-130600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION PGH 1 LINE 2..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
645 PM EST MON NOV 12 1990

A PERIOD OF SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL USHER BITTER COLD AIR INTO MUCH OF
THE BAY STATE TONIGHT.

MANY AREAS IN MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD EXPERIENCE FLURRIES TONIGHT AS THE
COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON SO FAR CHARGES INTO THE REGION.  THE GROUND
MAY BE DUSTED WITH UP TO HALF AN INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS WITH THE
BERKSHIRES IN LINE FOR AN INCH OR 2 OF SNOW.

TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET THROUGH THE 20S LATER TONIGHT. STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL DRIVE THE WIND CHILL TO NEARLY 15 BELOW
ZERO.

SO BUNDLE UP AND DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF THERE IS A DUSTING OF SNOW
TONIGHT.
DRAG
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 9:12 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
CTZALL-MAZ005-131000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
912 PM EST MON NOV 12 1990

A BITTER COLD NIGHT FOR CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WITH
BELOW ZERO WINDCHILLS AND SNOW FLURRIES.

BLUSTERY WINDS COMBINED WITH NEAR RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE
TONIGHT TO CREATE BITTER COLD WINDCHILL TEMPERATURES.  THE RECORD LOW
FOR BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY MORNING IS 20 SET IN 1986.

CURRENTLY AT 9 PM...AIR TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S WITH
WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH...CREATING WINDCHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE
ZERO.  HOWEVER AFTER MIDNIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP 10 DEGREES WITH
WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH AND STRONGER ALONG THE COAST TO CREATE WINDCHILLS OF
ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO.

ADDING TO THE WINTER ATMOSPHERE WILL BE SOME SNOW OVERNIGHT...MAINLY
SCATTERED FLURRIES EXCEPT FOR THE BERKSHIRES AND NORTHWEST HILLS WHERE
AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.

THIS IS THE FIRST WINDCHILL EPISODE OF THE 1990/91 SEASON AND TAKING
APPROPIATE MEASURES MAKES THE CHILL A LITTLE MORE BEARABLE.

SOME TIPS TO HELP YOU THROUGH THE COLD...

- WEAR SEVERAL LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING...LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING
- WEAR A HAT OR HOOD TO MAINTAINAS MUCH BODY HEAT AS~ POSSIBLE
- HOOD SHOULD COVER YOUR FACE AND MOUTH TO ENSURE WARM BREATHING
- WEAR MITTENS INSTEAD OF FINGERED GLOVES
- BRING ALL PETS INSIDE

WHITTIER

Nearby

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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.