Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 4:56 PM EDT for Bristol County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1994, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1994, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bristol County, MA
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 KBOS 252057 SVRBOX MAC005-252145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 456 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN MASSACHUSETTS ...BRISTOL COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 455 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN ATTLEBORO MASSACHUSETTS AND LINCOLN RHODE ISLAND...11 MILES WEST OF TAUNTON. AT 448 PM GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN PAWTUCKET RHODE ISLAND AND 60 MPH WINDS AT VALLEY FALLS RHODE ISLAND AT 451 PM. 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 LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. &
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, 4:33 PM EDT, 23 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
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:36 PM EDT, 20 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
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:39 PM EDT, 17 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, 4:49 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
MAZ018>021-MAZ501-504-252145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 450 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 AT 446 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN TAUNTON INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE BRISTOL COUNTY...PROVIDENCE COUNTY LINE. AT 430 PM...THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND HAIL ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AS IT PASSED ACROSS GREENVILLE RHODE ISLAND. THIS STORM WAS RACING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. IT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE ATTLEBORO AND TAUNTON AREAS BETWEEN 450 PM AND 520 PM. ALL PERSONS IN BRISTOL COUNTY SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY. HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. FIELD
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:50 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
MAZ018>021-MAZ501-504-252145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 450 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 AT 446 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN TAUNTON INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE BRISTOL COUNTY...PROVIDENCE COUNTY LINE. AT 430 PM...THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND HAIL ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AS IT PASSED ACROSS GREENVILLE RHODE ISLAND. THIS STORM WAS RACING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. IT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE ATTLEBORO AND TAUNTON AREAS BETWEEN 450 PM AND 520 PM. ALL PERSONS IN BRISTOL COUNTY SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY. HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. FIELD
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:51 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
MAZ013-017>021-MAZ501-504-252145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO CODING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 450 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 AT 446 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN TAUNTON INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE BRISTOL COUNTY...PROVIDENCE COUNTY LINE. AT 430 PM...THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND HAIL ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AS IT PASSED ACROSS GREENVILLE RHODE ISLAND. THIS STORM WAS RACING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. IT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE ATTLEBORO AND TAUNTON AREAS BETWEEN 450 PM AND 520 PM. ALL PERSONS IN BRISTOL COUNTY SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY. HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. FIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 31 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.