Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1992, 3:59 PM EDT for Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 1992, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Plymouth County, MA
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 KBOS 112000 SVRBOS MAC023-112030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 359 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST MASSACHUSETTS ...EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 355 PM...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARSHFIELD. IT MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH AS IT DRIFTS SOUTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE TOWARD DUXBURY. IF AFLOAT ON THE MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS...SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. DARK...THREATENING CLOUDS MAY FORETELL A SQUALL OR THUNDERSTORM WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH WATERS.
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 11, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
MAZALL-RIZALL-CTZALL-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 200 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 754 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...CONNECTICUT AND MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT FOR NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE STATE AND EASTERN CAPE COD...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 PM EDT. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND HAS BECOME VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT PRESENTLY MOVING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL INCREASE. AT 2 PM EDT THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...BUT SOME POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS. IF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DEVELOP...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. GURKA
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 3:05 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
CTZALL-MAZ005-042130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 305 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO FAIRFIELD COUNTY... AT 255 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM MERIDEN CONNECTICUT SOUTHWEST TO NEAR RIDGEFIELD AND THEN WEST TO NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALONG THE CONNECTICUT/ NEW YORK BORDER ABOUT READY TO ENTER RIDGEFIELD CONNECTICUT AND NEAR MERIDEN CONNECTICUT. RADAR INDICATES THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A SPOTTER REPORT AT 300 PM INDICATED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN WOLCOTT CONNECTICUT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT AND HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 9 PM EDT. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. 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. WHITTIER
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 3:05 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
MAZALL-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 304 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 754 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT FOR NORTHWEST AND EASTERN CAPE COD...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 PM EDT. AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CAPE ANN...TO SOUTHWEST OF BOSTON. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF WORCESTER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAD HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. IF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DEVELOP...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. GURKA
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 3:27 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
RIZALL-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 325 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR RHODE ISLAND... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND INCLUDING NARRAGANSETT BAY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DEVELOP...WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED. AT 315 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS BORDER NEAR BURRILLVILLE AND CUMBERLAND. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED EAST OF HARTFORD CONNECTICUT. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM IN WATERBURY CONNECTICUT. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH AND MAY BEGIN TO EFFECT PARTS OF WE0STERN RHODE ISLAND BY 400 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES....HEAD INDOORS FOR SHELTER. SISSON
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 3:47 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
RIZALL-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 325 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR RHODE ISLAND... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND INCLUDING NARRAGANSETT BAY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DEVELOP...WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED. AT 315 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS BORDER NEAR BURRILLVILLE AND CUMBERLAND. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED EAST OF HARTFORD CONNECTICUT. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM IN WATERBURY CONNECTICUT. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH AND MAY BEGIN TO pEFFECT PARTS OF WESTERN RHODE ISLAND BY 400 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES....HEAD INDOORS FOR SHELTER. SISSON
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 3:47 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
MAZ001>004-007>009-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 346 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NANTUCKET ISLAND AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BAY STATE... SO FAR...SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN CONFINED TO SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MASSACHUSETTS. AT 345 PM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL LINES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF MASSACHUSETTS. STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN NORFOLK COUNTY FROM NEAR SCITUATE TO FOXBORO AND WRENTHAM TO NEAR THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND BORDER. A SHORTER LINE OF STORMS WAS MIDWAY BETWEEN WORCESTER AND BOSTON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING EAST TO SOUTHEAST. VERY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR AS THE STORMS PASS THROUGH THE WEST AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE BOSTON METRO AREA AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS ANrD HAIL. IF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DEVELOP...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED BY 445 PM. DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Worcester |
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.