Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1992, 3:54 PM EDT for Franklin County, Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 1992, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1992, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 KORH 041955 SVRORH MAC027-011-042100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 354 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WORCESTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS ...NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS ...EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY HAM RADIO OPERATOR AT THE ORANGE AIRPORT REPORTED VERY HIGH WINDS AND MANY TREES DOWN. 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 C(ALM 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, Aug 4, 2:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:05 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:18 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
RIZALL-042100- 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
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:48 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
MAZ001>004-007>009-042100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 345 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT... AT 340 PM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY OF MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS THE WEST SECTIONS OF WORCESTER COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS APPEARED TO LIE BETWEEN HARTFORD CONNECTICUT AND SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS. DIME SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED AT 330 AND 334 PM PM NEAR AGAWAM MASSACHUSETTS AND AT LUDLOW AT 341 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT INTO EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 430 AND 6 PM. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUED 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. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER ON A LOWER FLOOR...INNER HALLWAY OR BATHROOM OF A BUILDING. DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 42 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.