Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1994, 5:36 PM EDT. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1994, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1994, 6:09 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBDL 232137 RRA SVRBDL CTC013-232245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 536 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...SOUTHERN TOLLAND COUNTY AT 530 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVER THUNDERSTORM LOCATED EAST OF MANCHESTER AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORM WILL BE IN THE ANDOVER AREA OF TOLLAND COUNTY IN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN TOLLAND COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR AND HAIL IN SIZE OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, May 23, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MAZ005>007-013>019-MAZ501>504-232130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 430 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS EARLY THIS EVENING MAY PRODUCE HAIL...DOWNPOURS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS... A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ACROSS BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES AT 430 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS ACROSS CAPE COD AND OFF THE MASSACHUSETTS SOUTH COAST BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY HAS BEEN NEAR THE RHODE ISLAND BORDER AND SHOULD PASS OFF THE COAST NEAR HORSENECK BEACH BY 5 PM. DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND AROUND 4 PM. HOWEVER...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THESE STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS TO POINT JUDITH RHODE ISLAND UNTIL 6 PM. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, May 23, 4:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
MAZ005>007-013>019-MAZ501>504-232130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 430 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS EARLY THIS EVENING MAY PRODUCE HAIL...DOWNPOURS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS... A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ACROSS BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES AT 430 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS ACROSS CAPE COD AND OFF THE MASSACHUSETTS SOUTH COAST BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY HAS BEEN NEAR THE RHODE ISLAND BORDER AND SHOULD PASS OFF THE COAST NEAR HORSENECK BEACH BY 5 PM. DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND AROUND 4 PM. HOWEVER...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THESED STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS TO POINT JUDITH RHODE ISLAND UNTIL 6 PM. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, May 23, 4:40 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
CTZ002-CTZ003-232200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 440 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN CONNECTICUT TODAY... AT 430 PM A THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LONGMEADOW MASSACHUSETTS AND WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD. THIS STORM HAS DROPPED SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN HARTFORD AND TOLLAND COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ON THE LOOKOUT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CHORNEY
Special weather statement, May 23, 4:42 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
CTZ002-CTZ003-232200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 440 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN CONNECTICUT TODAY... AT 430 PM A THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LONGMEADOW MASSACHUSETTS AND WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD. THIS STORM HAS DROPPED SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN HARTFORD AND TOLLAND COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ON THE LOOKOUT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG THUN^DERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CHORNEY
Special weather statement, May 23, 5:25 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
CTZ003-CTZ004-CTZ007-CTZ008-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 525 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN CONNECTICUT TODAY... AT 525 PM A THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN TOLLAND COUNTY AND NORTHERN NEW LONDON COUNTY NEAR COLCHESTER. THIS STORM HAS DROPPED SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN IN TOLLAND ...WINDHAM...MIDDLESEX AND NEW LONDON COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ON THE LOOKOUT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CHORNEY
Special weather statement, May 23, 5:27 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
CTZ003-CTZ004-CTZ007-CTZ008-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 525 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN CONNECTICUT TODAY... AT 525 PM A THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN TOLLAND COUNTY AND NORTHERN NEW LONDON COUNTY NEAR COLCHESTER. THIS STORM HAS DROPPED SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN IN TOLLAND ...WINDHAM...MIDDLESEX AND NEW LONDON COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ON THE LOOKOUT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CHORNEY
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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.