Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 1990, 7:13 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 1990, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 1990, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBDL 022312 SVRBDL CTC005-030015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 713 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ...LITCHFIELD COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 610 PM INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST LITCHFIELD COUNTY NEAR LAKEVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY AND ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. 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 QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. WHITTIER
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, Sep 2, 5:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
CTZALL-MAZ005-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CONNECTICUT AND HAMPDEN COUNTY MA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 509 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 10 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH 1000 PM TONIGHT. SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER ACTUALLY THREATEN OR DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. PEOPLE IN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER...IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIAITELY. ALSO BOATERS ON LAKES AND LONG ISLAND SOUND SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 5 PM INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN VERMONT NEAR MANCHESTER. OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS ENTERING BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS JUST NORTH OF PITTSFIELD. OTHERWISE NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURING IN CONNECTICUT OR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER LISjTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS IN THIS WEATHER SITUATION. WHITTIER
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 5:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
MAZALL-030200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 515 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT THE ISLANDS OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH EXTENDS INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO OUR NORTH...AND INTO CONNECTICUT RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK TO OUR SOUTH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT STRETCHING BACK INTO NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AT 5 PM EDT A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MAINE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN VERMONT INTO NEW YORK STATE AROUND THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...THEN INTO NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN EASTERN NEW YORK...AND ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHERN VERMONT. IN ADDITION LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...DOWNPOURS...ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED...AND NOT EVERYONE WILL BE NEAR ONE...JUST BE ALERT THAT ONE OF THESE THUNDERSTpORMS WITH DOWNPOURS...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IS POSSIBLE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE RADAR AT ALBANY INDICATES A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD PASSINTO THE NORTH ADAMS AREA OF THE BERKSHIRES AROUND 530 PM EDT. JRS
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 6:14 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
CTZALL-MAZ005-030015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CONNECTICUT AND HAMPDEN COUNTY MA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 614 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 10 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 7 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 6 PM INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS IN THE VICINITY OF PITTSFIELD. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND THEREFORE SHOULD CROSS BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND POSSIBLY ENTER NORHTWEST HAMPDEN COUNTY NEAR CHESTER AROUND 700 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP NEAR POUKEEPSIE NEW YORK WITH A MOVEMENT TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO LITCHFIELD AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT AROUND 7 PM. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AT ONCE. IF DAMAGING WEATHER OCCURS...REPORT THE EVENT TO YOUR LOCAL POLICE AND ASK THEM TO FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS IN THIS WEATHER SITUATION. WHITTIER
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 6:40 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
RIZALL-030140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR RHODE ISLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 640 PM EDT SUN SEP 02 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RHODE ISLAND... AT 359 PM THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS CENTER ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...NARRAGANSETT BAY...AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN THE OCEAN STATE THROUGH 1000 PM TONIGHT. SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER ACTUALLY THREATEN RHODE ISLAND OR DEVELOP IN THE STATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. PEOPLE IN RHODE ISLAND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER... LISTEN TO RADIO AND TV FOR THE LASTEST WEATHER STATEMENTS...AND GO TO A SAFE STURDY SHELTER IF THREATENEING WEATHER APPROACHES. MARINERS SHOULD SEEK A SAFE HARBOR BEFORE THREATENING WEATHER NEARS. CARBONE
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 6:56 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
MAZALL-030200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 715 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT THE ISLANDS OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT ALSO FOR CONNECTICUT RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AROUND ALBANY THEN BACK INTO NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AT 7 PM EDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN NEW YORK STATE SOUTHERN VERMONT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY BY 730 PM AND INTO CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS BY 8 PM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN THE PITTSFIELD HINSDALE REGION OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY AROUND THE HOLYOKE AREA BEFORE 730 PM EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM LIKELY HAS HAIL GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED...AND NOT EVERYONE WILL BE NEAR ONE...JUST BE ALERT A THUNDERSTORM WITH DOWNPOURS...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IS POSSIBLE. JRS
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.