Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1993, 11:30 PM EDT for Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 1993, 11:30 PM EDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 1993, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 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, Sep 3, 7:30 PM EDT, 4 hours before
MAZ005-040200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 730 PM EDT FRI SEP 03 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 10 PM... AT 730 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ALBANY NEW YORK TO SCRANTON PENNSYLVANIA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY AFFECT HAMPDEN COUNTY IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AT THIS TIME...THERE WERE NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 100 MILES OF HAMPDEN COUNTY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. REMEMBER...ALL LIGHTNING IS DEADLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MOORE
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 7:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
MAZ005-040200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 730 PM EDT FRI SEP 03 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 10 PM... AT 730 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ALBANY NEW YORK TO SCRANTON PENNSYLVANIA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY AFFECT HAMPDEN COUNTY IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AT THIS TIME...THERE WERE NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 100 MILES OF HAMPDEN COUNTY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. REMEMBER...ALL LIGHTNING IS DEADLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MOORE
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 9:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
MAZ005-CTZALL-040300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 910 PM EDT FRI SEP 03 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 10 PM... AT 900 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SCRANTON PENNSYLVANIA TO LEBONON VERMONT. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT THIS TIME...THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM OVER BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS PRODUCING VERY FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. REMEMBER...ALL LIGHTNING IS DEADLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. CHORNEY
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 9:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
MAZ005-CTZALL-040300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 910 PM EDT FRI SEP 03 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 10 PM... AT 900 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SCRANTON PENNSYLVANIA TO LEBONON VERMONT. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT THIS TIME...THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM OVER BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS PRODUCING VERY FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. REMEMBER...ALL LIGHTNING IS DEADLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. CHORNEY
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 9:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
MAZ005-CTZALL-040300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 935 PM EDT FRI SEP 03 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 10 PM... AT 930 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SCRANTON PENNSYLVANIA TO LEBONON VERMONT. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT THIS TIME...THERE WAS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING LITCHFIELD COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. REMEMBER...ALL LIGHTNING IS DEADLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RA,DIO OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MOORE
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 9:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MAZ005-CTZALL-040300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 935 PM EDT FRI SEP 03 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 10 PM... AT 930 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SCRANTON PENNSYLVANIA TO LEBONON VERMONT. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT THIS TIME...THERE WAS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING LITCHFIELD COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. REMEMBER...ALL LIGHTNING IS DEADLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.