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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 21, 1993

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1993, 6:37 PM EDT. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 1993, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 1993, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Whole counties

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 21, 5:44 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:45 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:30 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

MAZ004-005-212330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA
630 PM EDT MON JUN 21 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WERE OCCURRING IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE
HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK STATE...

AT 630 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM GLENS FALLS NEW YORK SOUTH TO NEW YORK CITY.  SOME OF THESE
STORMS HAVE ALREADY ENTERED WESTERN CONNECTICUT AND HAVE DOWNED TREES
AND DEPOSITED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN GRANDBY CONNECTICUT.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE IN CENTRAL
MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 730 AND 830 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO
STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HOLMES

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:33 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

MAZ004-005-212330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA
630 PM EDT MON JUN 21 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WERE OCCURRING IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE
HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK STATE...

AT 630 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM GLENS FALLS NEW YORK SOUTH TO NEW YORK CITY.  SOME OF THESE
STORMS HAVE ALREADY ENTERED WESTERN CONNECTICUT AND HAVE DOWNED TREES
AND DEPOSITED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN GRANDBY CONNECTICUT.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE IN CENTRAL
MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 730 AND 830 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO
STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HOLMES

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:33 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

MAZALL-CTZALL-RIZALL-220000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
633 PM EDT MON JUN 21 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST RHODE ISLAND...

RADAR AT 625 PM SHOWED SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS NEAR
WORCESTER AND BETWEEN LOWELL AND BURLINGTON IN NORTHEAST
MASSACHUSETTS.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT COUNTIES OF HARTFORD AND LITCHFIELD.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT BRADLEY FIELD CONNECTICUT REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL AT 625 PM.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF TREES KNOCKED DOWN OR 60 MPH WINDS
FROM SCRANTON PENNSYLVANIA TO THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK
SOUTH OF ALBANY... WITH AT LEAST 4 REPORTS OF DAMAGING WIND OR LARGE
HAIL IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LATE TODAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE 730 PM.

IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR BENEATH A TABLE OR
UNDER A STAIRWAY.

MOBILE HOMES ARE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS INDOOR SHELTERS IN DAMAGING
WIND STORMS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED OR EVACUATED IF A WARNING IS ISSUED
FOR YOUR LOCATION.

DRAG

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:35 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

MAZALL-CTZALL-RIZALL-220000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
633 PM EDT MON JUN 21 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST RHODE ISLAND...

RADAR AT 625 PM SHOWED SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS NEAR
WORCESTER AND BETWEEN LOWELL AND BURLINGTON IN NORTHEAST
MASSACHUSETTS.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT COUNTIES OF HARTFORD AND LITCHFIELD.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT BRADLEY FIELD CONNECTICUT REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL AT 625 PM.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF TREES KNOCKED DOWN OR 60 MPH WINDS
FROM SCRANTON PENNSYLVANIA TO THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK
SOUTH OF ALBANY... WITH AT LEAST 4 REPORTS OF DAMAGING WIND OR LARGE
HAIL IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LATE TODAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE 730 PM.

IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR BENEATH A TABLE OR
UNDER A STAIRWAY.

MOBILE HOMES ARE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS INDOOR SHELTERS IN DAMAGING
WIND STORMS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED OR EVACUATED IF A WARNING IS ISSUED
FOR YOUR LOCATION.

DRAG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden	48 min
Jun 21, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Worcester	65 min
Jun 21, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Northwest Hills Planning Region	52 min
Jun 21, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region	56 min
Jun 21, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Capitol Planning Region	32 min
Jun 21, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Northwest Hills Planning Region	55 min
Jun 21, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Capitol Planning Region	37 min
Jun 21, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX		52 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.