Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 7:30 PM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Worcester County, MA
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KORH 142331 SVRORH MAC027-150130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 730 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WORCESTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS ...SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AT 715 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY NEAR STURBRIDGE. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE GREATER THAN 55 MPH WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. 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. HOLMES
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, 5:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 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, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 29 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
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:20 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
MAZ004-005-150030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 725 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY... AT 720 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR LUDLOW IN EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHBRIDGE...STURBRIDGE AND WARjREN BY 8PM. MOTORISTS IN THE HEAVY RAIN AREAS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. CULLEN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:25 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
MAZALL-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON, MA 725 PM EDT EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT EXTREME EAST CAPE COD UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 617 HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 622 UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. AT 715 PM, WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AT ALBANY NEW YORK AND CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS SHOWED SEVERAL AREAS OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE FIRST FROM JUST NORTH OF WORCESTER TO THE SPRINGFIELD-HOLYOKE AREA SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT AND THE SECOND JUST NORTH OF BOSTON NEAR MELROSE AND MEDFORD. OTHER VERY STRONG ACTIVITY WAS IN THE VICINITY OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND HEADING FOR FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS. SCATTERED STRONG STORMS ALSO CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES UNTIL MIDNIGHT. 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. IN THE EVENT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, PERSONS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR LOWEST PART OF THEIR RESIDENCE. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUhATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON AROUND 930 PM EDT. DEGREGORIO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 64 min |
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.