Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1993, 4:22 PM EDT for Kent County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1993, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 5:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kent County, RI, Washington County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 10, 3:50 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-102100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 350 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FRANKLIN...HAMPSHIRE AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.... ESSENTIALLY THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED FROM WORCESTER WEST AND NORTH TO THE NEW YORK AND VERMONT BORDERS. HOWEVER...THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM JUST EAST OF WORCESTER TO THE COAST AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT. NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN GLASTONBURY CONNECTICUT AT 343 PM. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED FROM A SKYWARN OBSERVER AT 325 PM IN WEST HARTFORD WITH AT LEAST 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED IN WINDSOR CONNECTICUT SHORTLY BEFORE 3PM ALONG WITH UPROOTED AND SNAPPED TREES. AT 348 PM...RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN CONNECTICUT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST WORCESTER COUNTY...JUST SOUTHEAST OF WORCESTER. OTHER SHOWERS WERE SEEN ON RADAR WELL EAST OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SHORELINE...ABOUT 25 MILES OFF THE COAST. PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE IN THE COUNTIES OF BRISTOL...NORFOLK AND PLYMOUTH...INCLUDING BOSTON/S SOUTHERN SUBURBS SHOULD PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO LATER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED. LIGHTNING CAN KILL A PERSON UP TO 10 MILES AWAY FROM A STORM. TODAYS RECORD HEAT IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND MAKES IT EASIER FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO GENERATE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. DRAG : )!$]6FRhz%vV8 "x~lj.fT^D>@"( F,j
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:51 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-102100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 350 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FRANKLIN...HAMPSHIRE AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.... ESSENTIALLY THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED FROM WORCESTER WEST AND NORTH TO THE NEW YORK AND VERMONT BORDERS. HOWEVER...THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM JUST EAST OF WORCESTER TO THE COAST AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT. NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN GLASTONBURY CONNECTICUT AT 343 PM. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED FROM A SKYWARN OBSERVER AT 325 PM IN WEST HARTFORD WITH AT LEAST 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED IN WINDSOR CONNECTICUT SHORTLY BEFORE 3PM ALONG WITH UPROOTED AND SNAPPED TREES. AT 348 PM...RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN CONNECTICUT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST WORCESTER COUNTY...JUST SOUTHEAST OF WORCESTER. OTHER SHOWERS WERE SEEN ON RADAR WELL EAST OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SHORELINE...ABOUT 25 MILES OFF THE COAST. PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE IN THE COUNTIES OF BRISTOL...NORFOLK AND PLYMOUTH...INCLUDING BOSTON/S SOUTHERN SUBURBS SHOULD PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO LATER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED. LIGHTNING CAN KILL A PERSON UP TO 10 MILES AWAY FROM A STORM. TODAYS RECORD HEAT IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND MAKES IT EASIER FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO GENERATE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. DRAG
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:00 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | 58 min | |
| Jul 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.