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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 14, 1992Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1992, 6:48 PM EDT for Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1992, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1992, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

County Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 1992-07-14Temperature 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, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 1992-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 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 142255
TORBDL
CTC015-142315-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...RESENT DUE TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
648 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT

   ...WINDHAM COUNTY

AT 645 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADIC STORM NEAR THE TOWNS OF DANIELSON AND PLAINFIELD IN WINDHAM
COUNTY. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS TRACKING EAST SOUTHEAST A 40 MILES AN
HOUR.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region41 min
Jul 14, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region36 min
Jul 14, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region64 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.