Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1993, 4:00 PM EDT for Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1993, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1993, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 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 092000 RRA SVRBDL CTC013-015-092200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 400 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT ...WINDHAM COUNTY A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY FROM HARTFORD TO SPRINGFIELD WAS TRACKING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTY BETWEEN 415 PM EDT AND 615 PM EDT. ALONG THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE STORMS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE TOWN OF LITCHFIELD ALONG WITH 60 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS IN THE HARTFORD VICINITY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHT:NING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEKELSKY
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, 1:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 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, 2 hours 8 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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:09 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 310 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND ALL COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE COUNTIES OF BERKSHIRE...HAMPDEN...HAMPSHIRE...FRANKLIN...WORCESTER ...AND MIDDLESEX IN MASSACHUSETTS...AND ALL COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT. AT 305 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HUDSON VALLEY IN NEW YORK. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT WITHIN THE HOUR. 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 ZFOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. HANLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 310 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND ALL COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE COUNTIES OF BERKSHIRE...HAMPDEN...HAMPSHIRE...FRANKLIN...WORCESTER ...AND MIDDLESEX IN MASSACHUSETTS...AND ALL COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT. AT 305 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HUDSON VALLEY IN NEW YORK. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT WITHIN THE HOUR. 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, 3:28 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
MAZ004-092030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 328 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL CONNECTICUT BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM EDT.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:30 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
MAZ004-092030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 328 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL CONNECTICUT BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM EDT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 55 min |
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.