Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
115 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 617 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 PM EDT.

WITH A WARM FRONT MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND...THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE RESULTING IN
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO.  AT 115 PM EDT...AN AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOT
SEVERE...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE
INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND BE
fPREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A
WARNING FOR THEIR AREA IS ISSUED.

THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON AROUND 315 PM EDT.

GURKA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
130 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT AND
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 700 PM...

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL AND FOR TORNADOES.

AT 115 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FRO NEAR ALBANY NEW
YORK EAST TO KEENE NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.  OTHERWISE NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING IN THE
WATCH AREA AT THIS TIME.

HOWEVER...A WARM FRONT IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND HAS LEFT CONNECTICUT
AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS IN AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AND VOLATILE
AIR MASS...CONDUCIVE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES SHOULD DEVELOP BY MID
AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND MOVE RAPIDLY INTO
CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A
WARNING FOR THEIR AREA IS ISSUED.

THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD AROUND 330 PM EDT.

WHITTIER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
320 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND WEST
MASSACHUSETTS...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 617 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL AND WEST
MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 7 PM EDT.

  A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IS IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS - COUPLED WITH VERY STRONG WIND AT
HIGH LEVELS OVER OUR REGION WILL GIVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL - DAMAGING WIND
AND EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO.

  AT 320 PM, WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AT ALBANY NEW YORK AND WORCESTER
MASSACHUSETTS SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST
WORCESTER COUNTY INTO CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST
AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.  OTHER POTENTIALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WHERE DEVELOPING OVER EAST NEW YORK WEST OF
ALBANY NEW YORK. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED
IN THE PAST FEW HOURS, BUT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

  RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A
WARNING FOR THEIR AREA IS ISSUED.

THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON AROUND 530 PM EDT.

DEGREGORIO

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
325 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF CONNECTICUT
AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 700 PM...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 315 PM SHOWED A SMALL AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OF GREENFIELD MASSACHUSETTS IN FRANKLIN
COUNTY.  ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST MOVING INTO THE
ALBANY NEW YORK VICINITY.  BOTH AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD NO SEVERE
WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THEM THUS FAR.

HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CONNECTICUT AND
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 7 O/CLOCK THIS EVENING AS CONDITIONS
REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT.  DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON...A WARM FRONT HAS PUNCHED THROUGH WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
QUICKLY DELIVERING VERY WARM AND SULTRY CONDITIONS.  THIS WARM...MUGGY
WEATHER HAS RAPIDLY DESTABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE...MAKING IT CONDUCIVE
TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE WATCH AREA AS OF
315 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY.  THEREFORE...
THIS CONTINUES TO REMAIN A VERY VOLATILE WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A
WARNING FOR THEIR AREA IS ISSUED.

WHITTIER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
440 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF CONNECTICUT
AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 700 PM...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 430 PM SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS NEAR WEST STOCKBRIDGE MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.   THIS STORM SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING ALONG THE
MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE TOWARD LEE AND STOCKBRIDGE.  THIS STORM HAS
ALREADY HAD A HISTORY OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...INCLUDING A WIND GUST
OF 77 MPH NEAR NEW BALTIMORE NEW YORK.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CONNECTICUT OR HAMPDEN
COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS SO FAR...THUDERSTORMS ARE STILL DEVELOPING VERY
RAPIDLY IN A VERY VOLATILE AIR MASS.  THEREFORE A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL
<
700 PM.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CONNECTICUT OR HAMPDEN
COUNTY AS OF 430 PM...PEOPLE IN HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS AND
NORTHERN HARTFORD AND TOLLAND COUNTIES OF CONNECTICUT SHOULD BE AWARE
OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH BERKSHIRE COUNTY AT THIS
TIME.

RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND PO TENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A
WARNING FOR THEIR AREA IS ISSUED.

WHITTIER