Alert archive / Rhode Island / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1992, 8:59 PM EDT for Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 8:59 PM EDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Providence County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 602 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBOS 150058 TORPVD RIC007-150145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI ISSUED BY BOSTON MA 859 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH RHODE ISLAND ...PROVIDENCE COUNTY AT 845 PM EDT HAM SPOTTERS AND A CALL FROM A CELLULAR PHONE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ON ROUTE I-195. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING EAST TOWARD EAST PROVIDENCE AND THE NARRAGANSETT BAY AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. DEGREGORIO
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jul 14, 5:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
RIZALL-142347- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 547 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO RHODE ISLAND BY 630 PM EDT... VERY UNSTABLE AIR HAS PRODUCED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING. SOME HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS IN NORTHCENTRAL CONNECTICUT...JUST TO THE WEST OF RHODE ISLAND. A THUNDERSTORM FROM NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND AROUND 630 PM EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY EXTREMELY STRONG SQUALLY WINDS AND IT MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS WELL. RHODE ISLANDERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST STATMENTS ON THIS STORM. PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE BURRILVILLE...FOSTER...GLOCESTER...SMITHFIELD...NORTH SMITHFIELD... AND WOONSOCKET AREAS OF SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR TREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE COVER AS IT ARRIVES. CARBONE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
MAZ004-005-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 555 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY... AT 550 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER SOUTHBRIDGE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO CHARLTON...OXFORD AND WEBSTER DURING THE NEXT HOUR. MOTORISTS IN THE HEAVY RAIN AREAS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. CULLEN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
RIZALL-142347- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 547 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO RHODE ISLAND BY 630 PM EDT... VERY UNSTABLE AIR HAS PRODUCED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING. SOME HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS IN NORTHCENTRAL CONNECTICUT...JUST TO THE WEST OF RHODE ISLAND. A THUNDERSTORM FROM NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND AROUND 630 PM EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY EXTREMELY STRONG SQUALLY WINDS AND IT MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS WELL. RHODE ISLANDERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST STATMENTS ON THIS STORM. PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE BURRILVILLE...FOSTER...GLOCESTER...SMITHFIELD...NORTH SMITHFIELD... AND WOONS OCKET AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR TREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE COVER AS IT ARRIVES. CARBONE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MAZ004-005-150030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 725 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY... AT 720 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR LUDLOW IN EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHBRIDGE...STURBRIDGE AND WARjREN BY 8PM. MOTORISTS IN THE HEAVY RAIN AREAS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. CULLEN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
MAZALL-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON, MA 725 PM EDT EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT EXTREME EAST CAPE COD UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 617 HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 622 UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. AT 715 PM, WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AT ALBANY NEW YORK AND CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS SHOWED SEVERAL AREAS OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE FIRST FROM JUST NORTH OF WORCESTER TO THE SPRINGFIELD-HOLYOKE AREA SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT AND THE SECOND JUST NORTH OF BOSTON NEAR MELROSE AND MEDFORD. OTHER VERY STRONG ACTIVITY WAS IN THE VICINITY OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND HEADING FOR FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS. SCATTERED STRONG STORMS ALSO CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES UNTIL MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO - OR LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV WEATHER FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING FOR THEIR AREA IS ISSUED. IN THE EVENT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, PERSONS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR LOWEST PART OF THEIR RESIDENCE. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUhATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON AROUND 930 PM EDT. DEGREGORIO
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 8:26 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
RIZALL-150200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 824 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PROVIDENCE AND KENT COUNTIES AND NARRAGANSETT BAY IS DISCONTINUED...BUT A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF RHODE ISLAND UNTIL MIDNIGHT. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOME OF THESE MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. ANOTHER TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN CENTRAL CONNECTICUT WHEN THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA. AT 700 PM EDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED IN WEST GLOUCHESTER RHODE ISLAND NEAR KNIGHTS APPLE FARM...A HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WAS REPORTED ON FIRE ON KEECH DAM ROAD IN GLOUCHESTER AND MANY POWER OUTAGES ARE BEING REPORTED. RHODE ISLANDERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER UNTIL MIDNIGHT. NORTHERN RHODE ISL.ANDER SHOULDS TAKE COVER NOW UNTIL THESE CURRENT STORMS PASS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP. CARBONE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Kent, Washington | 56 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.