Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1993, 5:32 PM EDT for Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1993, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1993, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 KPVD 112133 RRA SVRPVD RIC009-112230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 532 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PROVIDENCE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN RHODE ISLAND ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF RHODE ISLAND. AT 530 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING SOUTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...BETWEEN EXETER AND WESTERLY. IT WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PART OF WASHINGTON COUNTY BY 545 PM. THIS STORM HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YO(UR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VALLEE
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, 4:56 PM EDT, 36 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, 5:16 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
RIZ001-002-502-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 516 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHWEST RHODE ISLAND... AT 510 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM...WITH SMALL HAIL...ACROSS SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. IT WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AND MAY BEGIN TO AFFECT WESTERLY AND HOPKINGTON BY 530 PM WITH HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS. ANYONE LIVING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY OF RHODE ISLAND SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK FOR THIS APPROACHING STORM. BE READY TO HEAD INDOORS IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THIS STORM AFFECT YOUR AREA. VALLEE
Special weather statement, May 11, 5:17 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
RIZ001-002-502-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 516 PM EDT MON APR 26 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHWEST RHODE ISLAND... AT 510 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM...WITH SMALL HAIL...ACROSS SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. IT WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AND MAY BEGIN TO AFFECT WESTERLY AND HOPKINGTON BY 530 PM WITH HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS. ANYONE LIVING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY OF RHODE ISLAND SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK FOR THIS APPROACHING STORM. BE READY TO HEAD INDOORS IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THIS STORM AFFECT YOUR AREA. VALLEE
Special weather statement, May 11, 5:18 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
RIZ001-002-502-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 516 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHWEST RHODE ISLAND... AT 510 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM...WITH SMALL HAIL...ACROSS SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. IT WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AND MAY BEGIN TO AFFECT WESTERLY AND HOPKINGTON BY 530 PM WITH HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS. ANYONE LIVING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY OF RHODE ISLAND SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK FOR THIS APPROACHING STORM. BE READY TO HEAD INDOORS IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THIS STORM AFFECT YOUR AREA. VALLEE
Special weather statement, May 11, 5:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
MAZ004-005-112125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 525 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 AT 520 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WORCESTER SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACRROSS CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL..HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AT THE WORCESTER AIRPORT. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LASTEST STATEMENTS. BILODEAU
Special weather statement, May 11, 5:27 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
MAZ004-005-112125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 525 PM EDT TUE MAY 11 1993 AT 520 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WORCESTER SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACRROSS CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL..HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AT THE WORCESTER AIRPORT. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LASTEST STATEMENTS. BILODEAU
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.