Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 6:31 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut; Hampden County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1992, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 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 242235 RRA SVRBDL CTC003-MAC013-242330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 631 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...NORTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS ...SOUTHERN HAMPDEN COUNTY RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS TRACKING EAST AND WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS. TORNADOES SOMETIMES OCCUR IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY AND ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. MJS
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, Jun 24, 3:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
CTZALL-242200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 344 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CONNECTICUT EXCLUDING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER... THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOMEWHERE IN WESTERN OR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 10 PM. THE PRIMARY THREAT REGION IS NEAR THE NEW YORK STATE BORDER. RADAR AT 343 PM SHOWED ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING IN CONNECTICUT. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST. GOLFERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING STRIKES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. THE NEXT STATEMENTS ON THIS WATCH FOR CONNECTICUT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HARTFORD AND BRIDGEPORT OFFICES NEAR 5 PM...UNLESS WARNINGS NEED TO BE ISSUED SOONER. DRAG
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
CTZ001-002-003-CT-013-CT015-242300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 452 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTILL 10 PM FOR MUCH OF CONNECTICUT EXCLUDING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER... AT 5 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN NEW YORK STATE. THE HEAVIES THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF POUGHKEEPIE NEW YORK. THIS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILE AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. THE NEXT STATEMENTS ON THIS WATCH FOR CONNECTICUT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 7 PM...UNLESS WARNING NEED TO BE ISSUED SOONER. WOODARD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP...POSSIBLY CREATING MORE TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. WHITTIER
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
CTZ001-002-003-CT-013-CT015-242300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 452 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTILL 10 PM FOR MUCH OF CONNECTICUT EXCLUDING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER... AT 5 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN NEW YORK STATE. THE HEAVIES THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF POUGHKEEPIE NEW YORK. THIS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILE AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. THE NEXT STATEMENTS ON THIS WATCH FOR CONNECTICUT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 7 PM...UNLESS WARNING NEED TO BE ISSUED SOONER. WOODARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 55 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.