Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

MAZALL-271900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
1133 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM OVER WEST
AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS.  THE STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OR MOVE SLOWLY
EAST INTO THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM.   SOME OF THE
STORMS COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL.

SOME PLACES PROBABLY WONT RECEIVE ANYTHING MORE THAN A SPRINKLE WHILE
SEVERAL LOCATIONS COULD SEE AN INCH OF RAIN...OR EVEN MORE.

PEOPLE THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DARKENING SKIES AND THUNDER
SIGNALING THE NEARBY PASSAGE OF A THUNDERSTORM.

LIGHTNING IS THE THUNDERSTORMS WORST KILLER AND CAN STRIKE MILES AWAY
FROM THE STORM ITSELF.  TO INCREASE YOUR LIKELIHOOD FOR SAFETY...DO
NOT TAKE COVER UNDER AN ISOLATED TREE FOR OR PLAY GOLF DURING A
THUNDERSTORM.  STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR A TELEPHONE
DURING THE STORM.  ABOUT 80 PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR FROM LIGHTNING
RELATED INJURIES AND RECENT STATISTICS POINT OUT THAT THE AGE GROUP
FROM 10 TO 39 TEND TO BE MOST SUCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING.

IN 1990... OVER 9 TIMES MORE MEN WERE KILLED BY LIGHTNING THAN WOMEN.

DRAG

MAZ004-271800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA
1230 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN WEST-CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...

AT 1230 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WORCESTER SHOWED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN WEST-CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS.  THUNDER WAS
HEARD NEAR THE TOWN OF HADLEY, WEST OF NORTHHAMPTON.  THESE STORMS
CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.  THERE IS A POTENTIAL
FOR MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY THE EAST.  WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
SHOULD BE EXPERIENCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS.

BILODEAU

MAZ004-271900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA
115 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...

AT 115 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WORCESTER SHOWED
THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST-CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS.  TORRENTIAL RAIN AND
DIME SIZE HAIL THAT COVERED THE GROUND WAS REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF
WORTHINGTON IN WESTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.  THESE STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY
RAIN...LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.  THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR MINOR
FLOODING OF STREETS...SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY THE SOUTHEAST. WESTERN AND
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD BE EXPERIENCING SCATTERED THUNDERS"TORMS
FOR MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS.

BILODEAU

RIZALL-271900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
140 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND...

AT 130 PM BRADLEY WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM IN THE COVENTRY
WEST GREENWICH AREA.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND
SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH WEST WARWICK...WARWICK...EAST GREENWICH AND
NORTH KINGSTOWN AREA BEFORE 230 PM...THEN INTO NARRAGANSETT BAY.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL.

RHODE ISLANDERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND GO
TO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE IT ARRIVES.  BOATERS SHOULD HEAD FOR A SAFE
PORT NOW BEFORE THREATENING WEATHER NEARS.  REMEMBER...ALL LLIGHTNING
CAN KILL.

CARBONE