Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1993, 5:15 PM EDT for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1993, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1993, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 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 112116 RRA SVRBDL CTC011-112200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 515 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT ...NEW LONDON COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LONG ISLAND SOUND. WEATHER SPOTTER AND POLICE REPORT HAIL AROUND DIME SIZE IN COLCHSTER IN NEW LONDON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AND HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY AND ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
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, May 11, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
MAZALL-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON, MA 330 PM EST TUE MAY 11 1993 ...POTENTIALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 7 PM... AT 330 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 330 AND 4 PM HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THE STORMS. GURKA
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:30 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
MAZALL-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON, MA 330 PM EST TUE MAY 11 1993 ...POTENTIALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 7 PM... AT 330 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 330 AND 4 PM HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THE STORMS. GURKA
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:55 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
MAZALL-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON, MA 455 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...POTENTIALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 7 PM... AT 445 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THE SITUATION. NOEL/RW
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:56 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
MAZALL-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON, MA 455 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...POTENTIALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 7 PM... AT 445 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THE SITUATION. NOEL/RW
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.