Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1992, 4:20 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1992, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1992, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Capitol Planning Region, CT
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 KBDL 272021 SVRBDL CTC003-013-272100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 420 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY...SOUTHERN TOLLAND COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 315PM INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF HARTFORD NEAR ROCKY HILL. ALSO ANOTHER POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF VERNON. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRTCHING FROM NORTHEAST WINDHAM COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NEAR BRIDGEPORT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE H4AIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WHITTIER
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, 1:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 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, 2 hours 39 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, 1 hour 46 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, 1 hour 44 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, 1 hour 9 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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:34 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
MAZ002-003-007>009-071400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 330 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ESSEX COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM...AND FOR CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. AT 315 PM THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR WORCESTER NORTHEASTWARD TO BEVERLY MASSACHUSETTS. A STRONG CELL WAS IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY NEAR READING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS NEAR TAUNTON AND IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE NEAR NASHUA. TORRENTIAL RAINS AND GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE. HOLYOKE HAS REPORTED HAIL ONE FOOT DEEP WITH NEARLY SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THIS MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AND SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE BOSTON AREA AFTER 400 PM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEDGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 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.