Alert archive / New Hampshire / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Gray, ME

June 27, 1992Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1992, 2:51 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 69 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1992, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1992, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Whole counties

County Hillsborough County, NH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 3:30 PM EDTHail 0.75Hillsborough, NH

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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, Jun 27, 12:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
NHZALL-271800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH
1205 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...

SHORTLY AFTER NOON TODAY...RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR BERLIN SOUTHWEST TO
THE PLYMOUTH AREA...AND BACK INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY
SOUTH OF LEBANON.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE
CITY OF PLYMOUTH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  SOME OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH THE
POSSIBLITY OF GUSTY WINDS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY BOATERS...SHOULD
STAY ALERT FOR THE APROACH OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS...AND TAKE SHELTER
AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER.

JTP
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
MEZALL-272100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME
1235 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992

AT 1230 THIS AFTERNOON...PORTLAND WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING
THUNDERSHOWER ACTIVITY FIRING UP ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  THE
BULK OF THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE FROM THE SOUTHERNMOST VERMONT-NEW
HAMPSHIRE BORDER...ACROSS CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...INTO THE WESTERN
MOUNTAINS OF MAINE.  NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
THUNDERSHOWERS...THOUGH THEY WERE MOST LIKELY ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WAS YET TO BE DETERMINED...BUT THEY
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.  PERSONS OUT OF
DOORS SHOULD BE READY TO HEAD FOR SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF
IMPENDING WEATHER.  BOATERS SHOULD BE READY TO MAKE FOR SAFE HARBOR
UPON SIGHTING THREATENING SKIES.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSASRY.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
MEZALL-272100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME
135 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992

AT 130 THIS AFTERNOON...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PORTLAND
WAS INDICATING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS EXTENDING FROM
SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE ACROSS THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...INTO WESTERN
AND CENTRAL MAINE. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
THUNDERSHOWERS...THOUGH THEY WERE MOST LIKELY ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

IN MAINE...THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN
PHILLIPS AND BROWNVILLE JUNCTION.  THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT
20 TO 25 MPH AND WILL BE LOCATED BETWEEN HOWLAND AND BUCKFIELD WITHIN
THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. OTHER ACTIVITY LOCATED WEST OF CONWAY NEW
HAMPSHIRE WILL ALSO MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN MAINE WITHIN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS.

PERSONS OUT OF DOORS SHOULD BE READY TO HEAD FOR SAFE SHELTER AT THE
FIRST SIGNS OF IMPENDING WEAT.HER.  BOATERS SHOULD BE READY TO MAKE FOR
SAFE HARBOR UPON SIGHTING THREATENING SKIES.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSASRY.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:00 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
NHZALL-272000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH
205 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE...

SHORTLY AFTER 2 PM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.  THE MOST
ORGANIZED ACITVITY WAS LOCATED MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROCHESTER
TO CONCORD TO KEENE.  SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY DOWNPOURS
...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY TRACK TO THE EAST
AT 25 MPH.

PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY BOATERS...SHOULD
STAY ALERT FOR THE APROACH OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS...AND TAKE SHELTER
AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER.

SPN/JTP

J@TP
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:42 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
MEZALL-272100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND ME
235 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992

AT 230 THIS AFTERNOON...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PORTLAND
WAS INDICATING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE
AND MAINE.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PROMPTED THE NATIONAL
SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER TO ISSUE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNTIL 7 PM.

ALTHOUGH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR MAINE
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN LIMERICK AND
CORNISH.  THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND WILL
CROSS BETWEEN STANDISH AND SANFORD DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.  OTHER
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM MILO TO FARMINGTON AND
WILL MOVE TO BETWEEN BANGOR AND AUGUSTA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS.

PERSONS OUT OF DOORS SHOULD BE READY TO HEAD FOR SAFE SHELTER AT THE
FIRST SIGNS OF IMPENDING WEATHER.  BOATERS SHOULD BE READY TO MAKE FOR
SAFE HARBOR UPON SIGHTING THREATENING SKIES.  CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERICIAL STATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER WATCH OR
POSSIBLE WARNING INFORMATION.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSASRY.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:47 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
NHZALL-272100

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORD NH
245 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
FROM THE LAKES REGION SOUTH TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER UNTIL 7 PM.

AS OF 245 PM RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE
NUMEROUS OVER THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.  SOME OF THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER WHERE VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND URBAN FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED.  THUNDERSTORMS WERE
INTENSIFYING ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY WHERE SOME HAIL WAS
INDICATED BY RADAR.  ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING THE
MANCHESTER AREA.  THIS STORM IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.  ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS
TRACKING OFF TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

ANY SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE REPORTED TO YOUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO BE FORWARDED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY BOATERS...SHOULD BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.  ALL SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

SPN/JTP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork50 min
Jun 27, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork44 min
Jun 27, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXRockingham61 min

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.