Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 4:35 PM EDT for Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1994, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1994, 5:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Providence County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPVD 252036 RRA SVRPVD RIC007-252130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 435 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PROVIDENCE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN RHODE ISLAND ...PROVIDENCE COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT CHATHAM INDICATED THAN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WINDHAM COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH WILL MOVE INTO PROVIDENCE COUNTY. RFS
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 25, 11:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-RIZALL-MAZ501>504-RIZ501-RIZ502-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1138 AM EST WED MAY 25 1994 ...THERE IS A CHANCE OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT ONE OR 2 STORMS MAY CAUSE DAMAGING WIND AND OR LARGE HAIL DURING MID OR LATE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASS TURNPIKE. THE THREAT REGION WOULD INCLUDE SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...FRAMINGHAM AND BOSTON. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN 2 AND 530 PM WHERE THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF ONE OR 2 THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BRING DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND...SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS SHOULD ESCAPE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH GUSTY WINDS TO 40 KNOTS MAY OCCUR IN THOSE COASTAL WATERS AFTER 5 PM IF STRONG STORMS MOVE INTO THAT PORTION OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. PLEASE LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE VARIOUS OFFICES IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...STRpONG WIND AND HAIL. DRAG
Special weather statement, May 25, 12:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-RIZALL-MAZ501>504-RIZ501-RIZ502-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1138 AM EST WED MAY 25 1994 ...THERE IS A CHANCE OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT ONE OR 2 STORMS MAY CAUSE DAMAGING WIND AND OR LARGE HAIL DURING MID OR LATE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MASS TURNPIKE. THE THREAT REGION WOULD INCLUDE SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...FRAMINGHAM AND BOSTON. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN 2 AND 530 PM WHERE THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF ONE OR 2 THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BRING DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND...SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS SHOULD ESCAPE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH GUSTY WINDS TO 40 KNOTS MAY OCCUR IN THOSE COASTAL WATERS AFTER 5 PM IF STRONG STORMS MOVE INTO THAT PORTION OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. PLEASE LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE VARIOUS OFFICES IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG WIND AND HAIL. DRAG
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:30 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
CTZ003-CTZ004-CTZ008-252135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 430 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 AT 420 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING INTO WINDHAM AND NEW LONDON COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS... HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTING LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WOODARD
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:32 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
CTZ003-CTZ004-CTZ008-2135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 430 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 AT 420 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING INTO WINDHAM AND NEW LONDON COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS... HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTING LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WOODARD
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:33 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
MAZ018>021-MAZ501-504-252115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 433 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 AT 433 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN NORFOLK COUNTY BETWEEN MANSFIELD AND SHARON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ACCOMPANIED THIS STORM. A POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. IF IT CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT TRACK...IT WILL BE ENTERING WESTERN BRISTOL COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN ATTLEBORO AND REHOBOTH BETWEEN 445 PM AND 505 PM. ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. FIELD & $$$*66WWUS" + 6WWUS /6WWUS %x WUUS t?i`WWUS '66WWUSZ 06WWUS 7O`WWUS d)`WWUS :V6WWUSR \%6WWUSp +`WWUS ( !>6WWUS 0v6WWUS /f WUUS T WWUS2 :F6WWUS8 :#6WWUSJ -b6WWUS 3t66WWUS )c WUUS t#F66WWUS OUD& ""h*66WWUS" + 6WWUS /6WWUS %x WUUS t'66WWUSZ !>6WWUS )`WWUS %6WWUS8 +`WWUS (rad/f WUUS T WWUS2 -b6WWUS )c WUUS t#F66WWUS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Washington | 55 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.