Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1992, 4:46 PM EDT for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 1992, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 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, 1 hour 19 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, 59 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, 59 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
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 4:05 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
RIZALL-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 404 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 900 PM TONIGHT. AT 403 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF BOSTON TO NEAR NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DANIELSON CONNECTICUT. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS FORMING NEAR FOSTER RHODE ISLAND. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL IN CONNECTICUT AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PROVIDENCE COUNTY BETWEEN 400 PM AND 500 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES....TAKE COVER AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OCCURENCES TO YOUR LOCAL POLICE. SISSON
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 4:35 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 435 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS NORTH OF A QUINCY...FRANKLIN LINE AS WELL AS PARTS OF NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH....ESSEX... MIDDLESEX...SUFFOLK... ALL BUT THE EXTREME SOUTH PART OF NORFOLK COUNTY AS WELL AS WORCESTER...FRANKLIN...HAMPSHIRE...BERKSHIRE AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES AS WELL AS LITCHFIELD AND HARTFORD COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. THE WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR BRISTOL...PLYMOUTH...BARNSTABLE... EXTREME SOUTHERN NORFOLK COUNTY AND DUKES COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND AND THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY EXPIRED AT 430 PM. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AT 433 PM WERE OVER SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT AS WELL A A PORTION OF NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST NORFOLK COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS NEAR RANDOLPH INTO NORTHERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 455 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, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Worcester | |
| Aug 11, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Kent | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Washington | 64 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.