Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1992, 3:30 PM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1992, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Worcester County, MA
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 KORH 271933 RRA SVRORH MAC027-272030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 330 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WORCESTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS ...SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN WEBSTER BY POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BILODEAU/CULLEN
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, Jun 27, 12:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:34 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
RIZALL-272030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 229 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND... AT 216 PM THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS CENTER ISSUED A THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND. AT 220 PM CHATHAM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND IN THE WEST WARWICK...WARWICK...EAST GREENWICH...AND NORTH KINGSTOWN AREA MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO NARRAGANSETT BAY BY 230 PM THEN INTO EAST BAY RHODE ISLAND BY 300 PM. OTHER RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE WEST OF RHODE ISLAND AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE STATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SURFACE REPORTS AND RADAR SHOW THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS DO CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND HAIL. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN STRONG SQUALLY WINDS. 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 LIGHTNING CAN KILL. CARBONE
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:36 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
MAZ004-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 233 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTH-WESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY... AT 230 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WORCESTER SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTH-WESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD HISTORY OF TORRENTIAL RAIN AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS...SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST. CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD BE EXPERIENCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. BILODEAU
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:11 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
RIZALL-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 310 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR RHODE ISLAND UNTIL 7 PM... AT 305 PM CHATHAM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM FOSTER TO LITTLE COMPTON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING WEST GREENWICH...EAST GREENWICH AND EXETER. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SOME HAIL...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. IT WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. ANYONE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO GET INDOORS IMMEDIATELY IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR BPOSSIBLE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND BY 330 PM. VALLEE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 57 min |
| Jun 27, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 69 min |
| Jun 27, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 1992Every severe thunderstorm 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.