Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1992, 8:36 PM EDT for Hampden County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 54 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, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 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, 9:05 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 00:00Z, 0.6 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
- 350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1336 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBDL 200035 SVRBDL MAC013-200130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 836 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS ...HAMPDEN COUNTY ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTOTM IS ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF WESTFIELD MASSACHUSETTS MOVEING EAST AROUN"D 20 MILES AN HOUR. WOODARD 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, 3:49 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 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, 1 hour 53 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, 1 hour 29 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, 1 hour 23 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, 1 hour 18 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
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:59 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
MAZALL-200100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 745 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 1992 TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXIST IN MASSACHUSETTS. ONE THUNDERSTORM FORMED IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NEAR GEORGETOWN...AROUND 7 PM AND MOVED INTO THE NEWBURYPORT AREA AROUND 730 PM. HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL THUNDER WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM THE ATHOL AREA BACK TO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA AT 745 PM. HEAVY RAIN AND DIME TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVED INTO THE BERKSHIRES FROM EASTERN NEW YORK STATE. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ALSO REPORTED IN ALFORD MASSACHUSETTS ON THE NEW YORK BORDER. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 8 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. JRS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 54 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.