Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
118 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN AT LEAST A COUPLE OF
LOCATIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND DURING MID AND LATE AFTERNOON...

AT 113 PM...SHOWERS WERE MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS
AND THE WEST PART OF CAPE COD. HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM THE
EASTERN TIP OF LONG ISLAND TO NEAR BLOCK ISLAND RHODE ISLAND TO
BUZZARDS BAY.  THESE SHOWERS WILL AFFECT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS
THROUGH AT LEAST 300 PM AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY EAST TO NORTHEAST.  THE
HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD OCCUR ON MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET ISLAND
BETWEEN 145 AND 300 PM.

OTHERWISE RADAR INDICATED MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND FREE OF ANY RAIN.  HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING
RAPIDLY OVER EASTERN NEW YORK STATE WHERE A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUED IN
EFFECT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM.  THEY MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING
WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

DRAG

MAZALL-CTZALL-RIZALL-042000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
205 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND
WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXCEPT
BARNSTABLE...NANTUCKET AND DUKES OF MASSACHUSETTS.

AT 200 PM...RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE CONNECTICUT...NEW YORK STATE BORDER.

A PARTICULARLY STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED NORTH OF POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK
AND HEADED FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CONNECTICUT. IF THAT STRONG
STORM HOLDS TOGETHER IT WOULD MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWEST HALF OF
LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT BETWEEN 215 AND 245 PM.

OTHER SHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST RHODE ISLAND AND THE
THE RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS INTO BUZZARDS BAY.  ALL THE RAIN WAS
MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM.  THEY MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING
WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR LARGE HAIL.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN A LOWER
FLOOR...INNER HALLWAY OR BATHROOM OF A BUILDING.

DRAG

MAZ001>004-007>009-042100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
235 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND
WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXCEPT
BARNSTABLE...NANTUCKET AND DUKES OF SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.

AT 230 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY IN WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS.  THE LEADING EDGE WAS ROUGHLY FROM BERNARDSTON NEAR THE
VERMONT...NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER WITH MASSACHUSETTS TO ABOUT 10 MILES
WEST OF WESTFIELD THEN DOWN INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT.  THE
LINE SHOULD MOVE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE CROSS THE CONNECTICUT RIVER INTO
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING WORCESTER COUNTY BETWEEN 3 AND 430
PM.

THEREAFTER...THOSE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 430 AND 6 PM.

OTHER SHOWERS AT 230 PM WERE APPROACHING MARTHAS VINEYARD. BLOCK
ISLAND RHODE ISLAND RECEIVED 1 INCH OF RAIN IN 40 MINUTES ENDING
ABOUT 2 O/CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON.  HEAVY RAIN SHOULD AFFECT PARTS OF
BUZZARDS BAY AND MARTHAS VINEYARD UNTIL ABOUT 330 PM.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER ON A LOWER
FLOOR...INNER HALLWAY OR BATHROOM OF A BUILDING.

DRAG

CTZALL-MAZ005-042100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
305 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

AT 300 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CANAAN
CONNECTICUT IN NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY.  STATE POLICE IN CANAAN
REPORT HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM BUT NO REPORTS OF
DAMAGING WINDS AT THIS TIME.  ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
AROUND BRISTOL CONNECTICUT IN SOUTHWEST HARTFORD COUNTY.  THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THE BRISTOL THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE
INTO THE GREATER HARTFORD BY 330 PM.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR CONNECTICUT...
THIS MEANS THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.  STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR UPDATES ON THIS STORM SITUATION.

IF YOU WITNESS SEVERE WEATHER...REPORT TO YOUR LOCAL POLICE AND ASK
THEM TO RELAY THE INFORMATION TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.

WHITTIEFR

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
316 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND UNTIL 9 PM...

AT 300 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT.  THESE
STORMS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING BUT NO
DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL HAVE OCCURRED YET.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND MAY
BEGIN TO AFFECT WESTERN RHODE ISLAND AROUND 5 PM.  ALL RHODE ISLANDERS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEATHER.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN RHODE ISLAND.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE
HAIL.

IF SEVERE WEATHER BECOMES IMMINENT OR ACTUALLY OCCURS...WARNINGS WILL
BE ISSUED.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LvATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

CADIMA

MAZ004-005-042100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA
325 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN...HAMPSHIRE AND
WORCESTER COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 320 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES IN WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS. THESE STORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
LIGHTNING WITH SOME SMALL HAIL BEING REPORTED.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND
SHOULD BEGIN TO EFFECT WORCESTER COUNTY BY 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

IF SEVERE WEATHER BECOMES IMMINENT OR ACTUALLY OCCURS...WARNINGS                WILL BWILL BE ISSUED.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISON AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

BILODEAU