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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 14, 1992Hampden County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 5:03 PM EDT for Hampden County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1992, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1992, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

County Hampden County, MA

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-14Temperature 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 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 142104
SVRBDL
MAC013-142200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
503 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...HAMPDEN COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 500 PM DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR OTIS MASSACHUSETTS IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
THIS STORM IS MOVING JUST SOUTH OF EAST AT 40 MPH AND
SHOULD MOVE INTO HAMPDEN COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF BLANFORD
AROUND 515 PM AND APPROACH WESTFIELD AROUND 530 PM AND
POSSIBLY SPRINGFIELD AROUND 600 PM.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEZATHER CONDITIONS.
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY AND ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY
YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.
 
 
WHITTIER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden64 min
Jul 14, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXWorcester2 hr

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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.