Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 6:20 PM EDT for Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1994, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1994, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 TTAA00 KPVD 252223 RRA SVRPVD RIC009-252315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 620 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PROVIDENCE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN RHODE ISLAND ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF NARRAGANSETT BAY. AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF RHODE ISLAND. AT 620PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE CONNECTICUT COAST IN THE VICINITY OF NEW LONDON. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD AFFECT WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS BY 630PM. IF YOU ARE ON THE WATER...SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. DARK ...THREATENING CLOUDS MAY FORETELL A SQUALL OR A THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNIbNG...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH WATERS. MARSH
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, 5:40 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
MAZ004-010-012-252230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 540 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL APPROACHING CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... AT 535 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY JUST NORTH OF HOLYOKE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE WORCESTER AREA BETWEEN 630 AND 7PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY HOLMES
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:51 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
MAZ004-010-012-252230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 540 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL APPROACHING CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... AT 535 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY JUST NORTH OF HOLYOKE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE WORCESTER AREA BETWEEN 630 AND 7PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY HOLMES
Special weather statement, May 25, 6:02 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
CTZ008-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 602 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 AT 6 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN NEW LONDON COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS... HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTING STORM IS DECREASING INTENSITY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 AN HOUR WOODARD
Special weather statement, May 25, 6:03 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
CTZ008-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 602 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 AT 6 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN NEW LONDON COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HA S THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS... HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTING STORM IS DECREASING INTENSITY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 AN HOUR WOODARD
Special weather statement, May 25, 6:14 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
MAZ006-007-014-015-016-501-252315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 614 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 AT 612 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH ESSEX COUNTY FROM NEWBURYPORT TO TOPSFIELD. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN EASTERN ESSEX COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THESE STORMS. BOATERS FROM LYNN TO NEWBURYPORT SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. FIELD
Special weather statement, May 25, 6:16 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
MAZ006-007-014-015-016-501-252315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 614 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 AT 612 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH ESSEX COUNTY FROM NEWBURYPORT TO TOPSFIELD. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN EASTERN ESSEX COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THESE STORMS. BOATERS FROM LYNN TO NEWBURYPORT SHOULD SEEK SAFE HAR4BOR IMMEDIATELY. FIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 45 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.