Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 1992, 4:53 AM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1992, 4:53 AM EDT (08:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1992, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Capitol Planning Region, CT
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 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 KBDL 060854 FFWBDL CTC003-061300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 453 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...HARTFORD COUNTY VERY SERIOUS FLOODING CONTINUES IN HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT. IN ADDITION...THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTH BRANCH IN HARTFORD HAD A STAGE OF 8.96 FEET WHICH IS ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 8.00 FEET. THE CONNECTICUT RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THIS MORNING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. SEKELSKY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 6, 3:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-RIZALL-061300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 330 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 1992 ...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HARTFORD...NEW HAVEN AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 845 AM EDT THIS MORNING... HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OCCURRING ACROSS THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. AS OF 300 PM OVER SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. VERY SERIOUS FLOODING HAS BEEN OCCURRING ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY. A REPORT OF A LAKE OVERFLOW HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF DURHAM IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID TRAVELING THIS MORNING WHERE FLOODING IS OCCURRING. CHATHAM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INLAND BETWEEN WARWICK RHODE ISLAND AND FALMOUTH ON CAPE COD. THIS AREA EXTENDED 150 MILES TO THE SOUTH. ALTHOUGH A FLOOD WARNING IS ONLY IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CONNECTICUT ...PARTS OF SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND MAY EXPERIENCE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING AS WELL DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE AREAS WILL ALSO BE MONITORED CLOSELY THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN... COASTAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING ALONG THE CONNECTICUT COAST AND THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST FROM THE MERRIMACK RIVER TO CHATHAM. HIGH TIDE IN BOSTON AND BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT WILL OCCUR AT 345 AM EDT AND IN CHATHAM AT 415 AM. HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES IN CONJUNCTION WITH BRISK EAST WINDS MAY CAUSE TIDES A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. ALTHOUGH AT THIS TIME ONLY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS INDICATED...ALL SHORELINE RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TV FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS WARRANTED. DICKMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:15 AM EDT, 38 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-RIZALL-061300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 330 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 1992 ...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HARTFORD...NEW HAVEN AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 845 AM EDT THIS MORNING... HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OCCURRING ACROSS THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. AS OF 300 AM OVER SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. VERY SERIOUS FLOODING HAS BEEN OCCURRING ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY. A REPORT OF A LAKE OVERFLOW HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF DURHAM IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID TRAVELING THIS MORNING WHERE FLOODING IS OCCURRING. CHATHAM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INLAND BETWEEN WARWICK RHODE ISLAND AND FALMOUTH ON CAPE COD. THIS AREA EXTENDED 150 MILES TO THE SOUTH. ALTHOUGH A FLOOD WARNING IS ONLY IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CONNECTICUT ...PARTS OF SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND MAY EXPERIENCE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING AS WELL DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE AREAS WILL ALSO BE MONITORED CLOSELY THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN... COASTAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING ALONG THE CONNECTICUT COAST AND THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST FROM THE MERRIMACK RIVER TO CHATHAM. HIGH TIDE IN BOSTON AND BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT WILL OCCUR AT 345 AM EDT AND IN CHATHAM AT 415 AM. HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES IN CONJUNCTION WITH BRISK EAST WINDS MAY CAUSE TIDES A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. ALTHOUGH AT THIS TIME ONLY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS INDICATED...ALL SHORELINE RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TV FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISS,UED AS WARRANTED. DICKMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.