Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1993, 3:04 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1993, 3:04 PM EDT (19:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1993, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 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 091921 COR SVRBDL CTC005-092000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 304 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ...LITCHFIELD COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LITCHFIELD COUNTY BY 410 PM EDT. AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT TORRINGTON BY 335 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ...CORRECTED FOR TIME TO AFFECT TORRINGTON...
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 9, 10:08 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
RIZ001-002-502-091700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 1008 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 ...DENSE FOG COVERS RHODE ISLAND... DENSE FOG HAS MOVED OVER RHODE ISLAND THIS MORNING CAUSING VERY POOR VISIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE HEAVY FOG IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES IN THE OCEAN STATE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVELERS ARE WARNED TO USE MORE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL DUE TO BAD VISIBILITIES IN THICK FOG INTO THIS AFTERNOON. CARBONE
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:10 AM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
RIZ001-002-502-091700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 1008 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 ...DENSE FOG COVERS RHODE ISLAND... DENSE FOG HAS MOVED OVER RHODE ISLAND THIS MORNING CAUSING VERY POOR VISIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE HEAVY FOG IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES IN THE OCEAN STATE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVELERS ARE WARNED TO USE MORE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL DUE TO B AD VISIBILITIES IN THICK FOG INTO THIS AFTERNOON. CARBONE
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-092000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 150 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR THE COUNTIES OF BERKSHIRE...HAMPDEN...AND HAMPSHIRE IN MASSACHUSETTS...AND THE CONNECTICUT COUNTIES OF HARTFORD AND LITCHFIELD. AT 145 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK TO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT BETWEEN 300 AND 500 PM. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH GO TO A SAFE PLACE...SUCH AS A HOME OR LARGE BUILDING...OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISIONS STATIONS...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. HANLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-092000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 150 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR THE COUNTIES OF BERKSHIRE...HAMPDEN...AND HAMPSHIRE IN MASSACHUSETTS...AND THE CONNECTICUT COUNTIES OF HARTFORD AND LITCHFIELD. AT 145 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK TO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT BETWEEN 300 AND 500 PM. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH GO TO A SAFE PLACE...SUCH AS A HOME OR LARGE BUILDING...OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISIONS STATIONS...OR NOAAd WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. HANLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 55 min |
| Jun 9, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.