Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 24, 1992Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut; Hampden County, Massachusetts

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

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Hampden County, MA

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region55 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.