Alert archive / Connecticut / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 1993, 5:17 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 89 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1993, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1993, 6:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 162118 FFWBDL CTC005-162315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 517 PM EDT MON AUG 16 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ...SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY ...FLASH FLOODING HAS OCCURED IN AREAS OF SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY DUE TO TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN IN THE LAST TWO HOURS. REPORTS OF OVER THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN SOME ARES... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. CHORNEY &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, Aug 16, 2:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
CTZ002-003-005-006-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT......NOT A SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 158 PM EDT MON AUG 16 1993 AT 145 PM EDT THE RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WINDSOR LOCKS CONNECTICUT INDICATED AT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WINDSOR LOCKS TO EAST HAVEN CONNECTICUT. THIS AREA IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILE AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING FROM THE NEW BRITAIN AND NEW HAVEN AREAS THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING...STREET FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SMALL STREAMS ARE POSSIBLE. WBK
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 2:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
CTZ002-003-005-006-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT......NOT A SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 158 PM EDT MON AUG 16 1993 AT 145 PM EDT THE RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WINDSOR LOCKS CONNECTICUT INDICATED AT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WINDSOR LOCKS TO EAST HAVEN CONNECTICUT. THIS AREA IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILE AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING FROM THE NEW BRITAIN AND NEW HAVEN AREAS THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING...STREET FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SMALL STREAMS ARE POSSIBLE. WBK
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 2:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
CTZ001-002-005-006-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 258 PM EDT MON AUG 16 1993 AT 245 PM EDT THE RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WINDSOR LOCKS CONNECTICUT INDICATED AT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY TO MERIDEN. THIS LINE IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT VERY SLOW SPEED. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WATERTOWN TO MERIDEN CONNECTICUT COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING...STREET FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SMALL STREAMS ARE POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST. WBK
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 2:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
CTZ001-002-005-006-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 258 PM EDT MON AUG 16 1993 AT 245 PM EDT THE RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WINDSOR LOCKS CONNECTICUT INDICATED AT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY TO MERIDEN. THIS LINE IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT VERY SLOW SPEED. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WATERTOWN TO MERIDEN CONNECTICUT COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING...STREET FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SMALL STREAMS ARE POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST. WBK
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
CTZ001-002-004-005-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 415 PM EDT MON AUG 16 1993 ...AT 400 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY...EASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY AND NORTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY... THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. NEAR THE CITY OF NEW MILFORD WHO HAS RECEIVED 2.32 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR. THESE RAIN SHOWERS ARE MOVING SLOWLY AND ARE DROPPING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THESE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA FROM WEST OF NEW MILFORD TOWARDS THE EAST SOUTHEAST TO WEST OF NEW HAVEN. THE MAIN THREAT AT THIS TIME IS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS BECAUSE THE SAME AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RAINFALL FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS UNTIL AROUND 700 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN LITCHFIELD HARTFORD AND NEW HAVEN SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT UNTIL AROUND 700 PM EDT FOR POSSIBLE STREET FLOODING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ONE OF THESE HEAVY RAIN STORMS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH ANY FLOODED AREAS. CHORNEY
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
CTZ001-002-004-005-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 415 PM EDT MON AUG 16 1993 ...AT 400 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY...EASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY AND NORTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY... THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. NEAR THE CITY OF NEW MILFORD WHO HAS RECEIVED 2.32 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR. THESE RAIN SHOWERS ARE MOVING SLOWLY AND ARE DROPPING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THESE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA FROM WEST OF NEW MILFORD TOWARDS THE EAST SOUTHEAST TO WEST OF NEW HAVEN. THE MAIN THREAT AT THIS TIME IS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS BECAUSE THE SAME AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RAINFALL FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS UNTIL AROUND 700 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN LITCHFIELD HARTFORD AND NEW HAVEN SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT UNTIL AROUND 700 PM EDT FOR POSSIBLE STREET FLOODING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ONE OF THESE HEAVY RAIN STORMS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH ANY FLOODED AREAS. CHORNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 57 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.