Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1992, 5:52 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; Hampden County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 53 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 29, 1992, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1992, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Hampden County, MA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 6:10 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 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 KBDL 292151 SVRBDL CTC003-005-MAC013-292245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 552 PM EDT WED JUL 29 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ...LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS ...HAMPDEN COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH WINDS WITH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WINDSOR CONNECTICUT AT 540 PM EST WOODARD 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.
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 29, 4:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
CTZ001-002-MAZ005-292145 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 342 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 10 MILES SOUTH OF TOIRRINGTON CONNECTICUT AND 15 MILES WEST OF WESTFIELD MASSCHUSETTS. THEY WILL MOVE EAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOURE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...BE PRRPARED TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY WOODARD
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:17 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
MAZ004-005-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 515 PM EDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE APPROACHING FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... AT 515 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS... WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING OVER NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY NEAR NORTH ADAMS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO JUST NORTH OF PITTSFIELD. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES BY 530 PM. LIGHTNING CAN BE DEADLY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS DURING THESE THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATdELY. CULLEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 63 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.