Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 6:45 PM EDT for Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 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 KPVD 142247 SVRPVD RIC003-007-150045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 645 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PROVIDENCE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND ...KENT COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS OF NARRAGANSETT BAY. AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE RHODE ISLAND SOUTH COAST. IN NORTH RHODE ISLAND ...PROVIDENCE COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN RHODE ISLAND IN GLOCHESTER...FOSTER...COVENTRY...WEST GREENWICH AREA OF RHODE ISLAND AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REST OF THE STATE UNTIL AROUND 830 PM EDT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS DO CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS...AND MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OR A TORNADO. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN STAFFORRD SPRINGS CONNECTICUT AT 605 PM EDT. 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 WEATHER 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. 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.
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, Jul 14, 3:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
CTZALL-MAZ005-150100- 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
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
CTZALL-MAZ005-150100- 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
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MAZ001-004>006-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 540 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND WEST MASSACHUSETTS... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 617 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND WEST MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 7 PM EDT. AT 530 PM, WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AT ALBANY NEW YORK AND WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS SHOWED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWEST WORCESTER COUNTY INTO SOUTH HAMPDEN COUNTY MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS AROUND 445 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF BOSTON. OTHER POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO - OR LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV WEATHER FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS 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 730 PM EDT. DEGREGORIO
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:52 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
RIZALL-142347- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 547 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO RHODE ISLAND BY 630 PM EDT... VERY UNSTABLE AIR HAS PRODUCED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING. SOME HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS IN NORTHCENTRAL CONNECTICUT...JUST TO THE WEST OF RHODE ISLAND. A THUNDERSTORM FROM NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND AROUND 630 PM EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY EXTREMELY STRONG SQUALLY WINDS AND IT MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS WELL. RHODE ISLANDERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST STATMENTS ON THIS STORM. PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE BURRILVILLE...FOSTER...GLOCESTER...SMITHFIELD...NORTH SMITHFIELD... AND WOONSOCKET AREAS OF SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR TREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE COVER AS IT ARRIVES. CARBONE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:52 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
MAZ004-005-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 555 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY... AT 550 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER SOUTHBRIDGE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO CHARLTON...OXFORD AND WEBSTER DURING THE NEXT HOUR. MOTORISTS IN THE HEAVY RAIN AREAS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. CULLEN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:01 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
RIZALL-142347- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 547 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO RHODE ISLAND BY 630 PM EDT... VERY UNSTABLE AIR HAS PRODUCED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING. SOME HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS IN NORTHCENTRAL CONNECTICUT...JUST TO THE WEST OF RHODE ISLAND. A THUNDERSTORM FROM NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND AROUND 630 PM EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY EXTREMELY STRONG SQUALLY WINDS AND IT MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS WELL. RHODE ISLANDERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST STATMENTS ON THIS STORM. PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE BURRILVILLE...FOSTER...GLOCESTER...SMITHFIELD...NORTH SMITHFIELD... AND WOONS OCKET AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR TREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE COVER AS IT ARRIVES. CARBONE
Nearby
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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.