Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 8, 1993Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1993, 8:02 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1993, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1993, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

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, Jul 8, 4:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
MAZ005-082200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
418 PM EDT THUR JUL 08 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS
TO INCLUDE HAMPDEN COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

AT 350 PM EDT THERE WAS AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH WERE
SEVERE STRETCHING FROM JUST NORTH OF POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK EXTENDING
TOWARDS THE NORTH NEAR BURLINGTON VERMONT.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
LOCATED IN THE ALBANY NEW YORK AREA WHICH RECEIVED A SQUALL LINE WIND
OF 37 MILES PER HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAIL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.  THE STORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST
AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.

PEOPLE IN MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS FOR THESE STRONG STORMS.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THESE STORMS.

CHORNEY
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
MAZ005-082200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
418 PM EDT THUR JUL 08 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS
TO INCLUDE HAMPDEN COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

AT 350 PM EDT THERE WAS AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH WERE
SEVERE STRETCHING FROM JUST NORTH OF POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK EXTENDING
TOWARDS THE NORTH NEAR BURLINGTON VERMONT.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
LOCATED IN THE ALBANY NEW YORK AREA WHICH RECEIVED A SQUALL LINE WIND
OF 37 MILES PER HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAIL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.  THE STORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST
AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.

PEOPLE IN MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS FOR THESE STRONG STORMS.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THESE STORMS.

CHORNEY
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
MAZALL-082300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
420 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS
UNTIL 10 PM...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF
MASSACHUSETTS.  THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE AROUND THE ALBANY NEW YORK
AREA AND ARE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUUND 20 MPH.

RESIDENTS OF ALL BUT SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL
INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN KILL FROM A STORM ALMOST 10 MILES AWAY...WHICH
MEANS YOU DONT HAVE TO HEAR THUNDER IN ORDER TO BE THREATENED.

PLEASE LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS SITUATION.

GIRODO
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
MAZALL-082300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
420 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS
UNTIL 10 PM...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF
MASSACHUSETTS.  THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE AROUND THE ALBANY NEW YORK
AREA AND ARE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUUND 20 MPH.

RESIDENTS OF ALL BUT SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL
INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN KILL FROM A STORM ALMOST 10 MILES AWAY...WHICH
MEANS YOU DONT HAVE TO HEAR THUNDER IN ORDER TO BE THREATENED.

PLE.ASE LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS SITUATION.

GIRODO
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
MAZ004-007-001-082230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
520 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST MASACHUSETTS...

AT 515 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH
AND WILL BE MOVING INTO BOSTON'S NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS SOON AFTER
530 PM THIS EVENING.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE HIGH WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HAIL
INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN KILL FROM A STORM ALMOST 10 MILES AWAY...WHICH
MEANS YOU DONT HAVE TO HEAR THUNDER IN ORDER TO BE THREATENED.

PLEASE LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS SITUATION.
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GIRODO
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
MAZ004-007-001-082230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
520 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST MASACHUSETTS...

AT 515 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH
AND WILL BE MOVING INTO BOSTON'S NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS SOON AFTER
530 PM THIS EVENING.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE HIGH WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HAIL
INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN KILL FROM A STORM ALMOST 10 MILES AWAY...WHICH
MEANS YOU DONT HAVE TO HEAR THUNDER IN ORDER TO BE THREATENED.

PLEASE LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS SITUATION.
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GIRODO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region66 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.