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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 6, 1992Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 1992-06-06Temperature 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, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 1992-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 8:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region4 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.