Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

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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

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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

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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

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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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
815 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 1990

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WEST OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER EXCEPT NORTHERN
BERKSHIRE COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING.  THIS WATCH ALSO
CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF CONNECTICUT
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
IN THE REMAINDER OF MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS THOSE THAT WERE IN EFFECT
IN THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND HAVE BEEN
CANCELLED OR HAVE EXPIRED.

AT 8 PM EDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN ON RADAR TO BE
CONFINED TO THE AREA BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND GREAT BARINGTON...SOUTH
OF THE TURNPIKE IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.  THIS AREA EXTENDS INTO
CONNECTICUT.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WEAKENING IN THE NEXT HOUR
OR SO.  HOWEVER HAIL GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN CAN STILL OCCUR WITH
THESE T-HUNDERSTORMS.

OVERNIGHT ANY LINGERING SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES WILL END BY MIDNIGHT
HOWEVER SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY.  ON MONDAY SKIES WILL BECOME
SUNNY AND IT WILL BE COOLER AND LESS HUMID.

JRS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR RHODE ISLAND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
850 PM EDT  SUN  SEP 02 1990

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR RHODE ISLAND HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS CENTER HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR RHODE ISLAND.

HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING
THROUGH CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSSETTS.  THESE STORMS ARE WEAKENING
AS THEY MOVE OUR WAY AND SHOULD BECOME SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS WITH
POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH RHODE ISLAND LATER
TONIGHT.

REMEMBER...ALL LIGHTNING IS DANGEROUS AND CAN KILL.

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR RHODE ISLANZD...
NIGHTTIME TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
CONTINUES IN EFFECT JUST TO OUR WEST IN CONNECTICUT AND IN WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS.

CARBONE