Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1992, 7:31 PM EDT for Hampden County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1992, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1992, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hampden County, MA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 8:13 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Hampden, MA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 363 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBDL 192330 SVRBDL MAC013-200030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 731 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS ...HAMPDEN COUNTY AT 725 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY WHICH HAS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MOVING EAST AND SHOULD REACH HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS AROUND 730 PM 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.
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 19, 3:09 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-RIZALL-192100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 310 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...THE THREAT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO HAVE DIMINISHED FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CONCENTRATED IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND ALTHOUGH ONE SMALL CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DID MOVE FROM NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT INTO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AT 3 PM. A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS IN BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES SOUTH OF BOSTON MAY RECEIVE A BRIEF SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 3PM...A THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST RHODE ISLAND MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN. IT WAS HEADED EAST AND SHOULD PASS CL~OSE TO NORTH ATTLEBORO AROUND 330 PM. THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH AND WEST BORDER OF MASSACHUSETTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DRAG
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
MAZALL-192100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 348 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT A PART OF SOUTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS THIS AFTERNOON... AT 345 PM...RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS CONFIRMED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR NORTH ATTLEBORO MASSACHUSETTS. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER IT SHOULD PASS NEAR MANSFIELD...WINNECUNNET AND FIVE CORNERS AROUND 4 PM AND HEAD FOR BROCKTON AND BRIDGEWATER BY 430 PM. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ALBANY NEW YORK AREA ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AROUND 5 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR YOU HEAR THUNDER...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. DRAG
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:43 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
MAC011-015-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 640 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES... AT 640 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO WESTERN FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES BY 730 PM THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS IN THE HEAVY RAIN AREAS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. BILODEAU
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:07 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
MAZ005-20000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 700 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL IS IN THE BERKSHIRES OF MASSACHUSETTS... AT 7 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVUCE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS... WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO HAMPDEN COUNTY AND SHOUD BE IN THE COUNTY BETWEEN 715 PM AND 730 PM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST DAROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE. MPTOTISTS SHOULD NOR DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WOODARD
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:13 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
MAZ005-20000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 700 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL IS IN THE BERKSHIRES OF MASSACHUSETTS... AT 7 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVUCE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS... WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS AND SHOUD BE IN THE COUNTY BETWEEN 715 PM AND 730 PM. THENSE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WOODARD
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:18 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
MAC011-015-200100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 715 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES... AT 715 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS... WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR BUCKLAND AND SHELBORNE FALLS MOVING TOWARD CONWAY,DEERFIELD AND GREENFIELD IN CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE COUrNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES BY 800 PM THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS IN THE HEAVY RAIN AREAS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. BILODEAU
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.