Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 11:44 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 11:44 PM EDT (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1992, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Capitol Planning Region, CT
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBDL 150343 SVRBDL CTC003-150430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 1144 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...HARTFORD COUNTY AT 1140 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM TRACKING ACROSS HARTFORD COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. 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.
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, 9:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
MAZALL-150330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON, MA 915 PM EDT EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS BUT CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 910 PM, WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AT ALBANY NEW YORK AND CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE VICINITY OF FALL RIVER - MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD AFFECT THE NEW BEDFORD- FAIRHAVEN AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OCCURING ACROSS NORTH CONNECTICUT - SOUTH RHODE ISLAND AND IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY DRIFT ACROSS SECTIONS OF SOUTH MASSACHUSETTS SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND MAY PRODUCE BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN AND VIVID LIGHTNING. < THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON AROUND 1130 PM EDT. DEGREGORIO
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 9:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
RIZALL-150345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 935 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RHODE ISLAND... AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURING IN RHODE ISLAND BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY MORE TORNADOS CONTINUES FOR THE STATE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE AREA REMAINS UNSTABLE AND THERE ARE MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST IN CONNECTICUT...SO THE TOR NADO WATCH CONTINUES. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO STILL EXISTS FOR THE STATE. IF MORE SEVERE WEATHER MOVES INTO THE STATE A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. CARBONE
Local storm report, Jul 14, 10:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
1015 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE FOR TUESDAY JULY 14 1992. (TIMES EDT)
1718 CHICOPEE MA (HAMPDEN CTY)...CEF...50 MPH WINDS...REPORTED
BY SKYWARN HAMS.
1725 W. SPRINGFIELD MA (HAMPDEN CTY)...7 SW CEF...NUMEROUS LARGE
BRANCHES AND TREES DOWN...ROAD CLOSED...SKYWARN HAMS.
1725 HOLYOKE MA (HAMPDEN CTY)...4 NNW CEF...DIME SIZE HAIL...
SKYWARN HAMS.
1727 SPRINGFIELD MA (HAMPDEN CTY)...3 CEF...MANY LARGE TREES
UPROOTED....SNAPPED...DOWN...LOCAL TV STATION.
1740-45 SUFFIELD CT (HARTFORD CTY)...3 N BDL...MANY LARGE TREES
DOWN BLOCKING SVRL ROADS INCLUDING RTE 168...LOCAL POLICE.
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1740 SPRINGFIELD MA (HAMPDEN CTY) 2 W CEF...NUMEROUS LARGE TREES
SNAPPED...DOWN AND UPROOTED...S.BRANCH PRKWY CLOSED...
STATE POLICE.
1800 SOMERS CT (TOLLAND CTY)...14 NE BDL...NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN AND UPROOTED BLOCKING RTE 83...STAFFORD SP.
1805 ELLINGTON CT (TOLLAND CTY)...12 E BDL...MANY LARGE LIMBS
AND TREES DOWN...LOCAL TV STATION.
1820 TOLLAND CT (HARTFORD CTY)...15 ESE BDL...NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...STAFFORD SPRING SP.
1843 DANIELSON CT (WINDHAM CTY)...33 NNE GON...60 MPH AND PSBL
HIGHER GUSTS WITH NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN AND UPROOTED...
CT OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL.
1855 PLAINFIELD CT (WINDHAM CTY)...25 NNE GON...NUMEROUS LARGE
TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES...CT OEM OFFICIAL.
1905 STERLING CT (WINDHAM CTY)...18 NE GON...MANY LARGE TREES
DOWN...SCT OEM OFFICIAL.
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1928 SPRINGFIELD MA (HAMPDEN CTY)...3 W CEF...DIME SIZE HAIL...
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
1951 STAFFORD CT (TOLLAND CT)...20 ENE BDL...NUMEROUS LARGE
BRANCHES AND FEW TREES DOWN...STAFFORD SP.
PLEASE NOTE...DAMAGE IN SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS IS BEING INVESTIGATED
BY NWS PERSONNEL AND OTHER DAMAGE MAY BE SURVEYED ON WEDNESDAY TO
DETERMINE EXACT CAUSE OF DAMAGE. ANOTHER STORM REPORT AND POSSIBLE
STORM SURVEY FINDINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING
OR AFTERNOON.
WHITTIERLocal storm report, Jul 14, 10:59 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
1055 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 1992
TIME(EDT) LOCATION REPORT
720 PM EAST PROVIDENCE PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED FALLING FOR
(PROVIDENCE CTY) 5 MINUTES IN THE RIVERSIDE AREA.
800 PM WEST GLOCESTER FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED FROM KNIGHTS
(PROVIDENCE CTY) APPLE FARM IN WEST GLOCESTER...
A HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ON
FIRE AT KEECH DAM ROAD AND
NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES.
810 PM EAST PROVIDENCE FUNNEL CLOUD TOUCHED DOWN IN
(PROVIDENCE CTY) VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK. FUNNEL
10 TO 15 FT HIGH...MOVED INTO
NARRAGANSETT BAY.
825 PM WEST COVENTRY A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR
ESCOHEAG MOVING EAST AT 6 MPH.
940 PM NARRAGANSETT BAY WATER SPOUT ON NARRAGANSETT BAY
(PROVIDENCE CTY) CROSSED THE GOERGE WASHINGTON
BRIDGE ON I-195 BETWEEN
PROVIDENCE AND EAST PROVIDENCE...
THEN BACK INTO BAY. 15 TO 18
FT HIGH.
950 PM 1-95 DRIVER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
(PROVIDENCE CTY) MOVING EAST TOWARD PROVIDENCE.
955 PM NORTH TIVERTON FUNNEL CLOUD OVER MT. HOPE
(NEWPORT COUNTY) BRIDGE.
UNKNOWN COVENTRY/WEST GREENWICH AT 1020 EDT RHODE ISLAND EMA
(KENT COUNTY) REPORTED TREES DOWN.
UNKNOWN CRANSTON AT 1020 EDT RHODE ISLAND EMA
(PROVIDENCE CTY) REPORTS LOTS OF STREET FLOODING.
UNKNOWN WARWICK AT 1030 EDT A COOPERATIVE
(KENT COUNTY) OBSERVER REPORTS NUMEROUS
POWER OUTAGES HAD BEEN
REPORTED BY HIS MOTHER EARLIER.
CARBONESpecial weather statement, Jul 14, 11:35 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
RIZALL-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 1135 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RHODE ISLAND UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THERE ARE SOME WIDELY SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST THROUGH RHODE ISLAND...MOSTLY TO THE NORTH OF WARWICK. THERE ARE MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST IN CONNECTICUT BUT THEY SEEM TO BE WEEKENING AND DYING OUT AS THEY MOVE OUR WAY. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO STILL EXISTS FOR THE STATE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. IF MORE SEVERE WEATHER MOVES INTO THE STATE A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS CONDITION. CARBdONE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:41 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
MAZALL-150600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON, MA 1145 PM EDT EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR MASSACHUSETTS... AT 1135 PM, WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AT ALBANY NEW YORK AND CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXTENDING FROM HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS TO NEAR HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS BERKSHIRE COUNTY INTO THE WEST PARTS OF FRANKLIN - HAMPSHIRE AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR, AND WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND EAST MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4AM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OCCURING ACROSS EAST NEW YORK STATE BUT HAVE WEAKENED DURING THE PAST HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE OVER, THE REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND VIVID LIGHTNING DURING THE EARLY-MORNING HOURS.| THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT ON THE TORNADO WATCH. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY. DEGREGORIO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 52 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.