Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 25, 1994Barnstable County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 10:23 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1994, 10:23 PM EDT (02:23 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1994, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

County Barnstable County, MA

The nearest sounding before it

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 25 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 1994-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 253 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 1994-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KBOS 260226
SVRBOX
MAC001-260315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1023 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...BARNSTABLE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
 
AT 1020 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN BUZZARDS BAY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACR
SNEAR FALMOUTH AND ON INTO CAPE COD BAY.  HEAVY DOWNPOURS DANGEROUS LIGHT
NHAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY.
 
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS...ASK YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO
RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
TF/JS/RP
 


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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, 8:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
MAZ013-014-015-016-018-019-501-502-260100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
802 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994

AT 759 PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS TO NEARLY 50
MPH MOVING THROUGH WESTERN NORFOLK COUNTY HEADING FOR FRANKLIN AND
NORWOOD. THESE STORMS HAVE ALSO PRODUCED HAIL AS THEY MOVED OUT OF
SOUTHEAST WORCESTER COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY BETWEEN 715
AND 750 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY  RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
WERE MOVING ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON JUST BEFORE 8 PM.

DRAG

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Special weather statement, May 25, 8:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
MAZ013-014-015-016-018-019-501-502-260100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
802 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994

AT 759 PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS TO NEARLY 50
MPH MOVING THROUGH WESTERN NORFOLK COUNTY HEADING FOR FRANKLIN AND
NORWOOD. THESE STORMS HAVE ALSO PRODUCED HAIL AS THEY MOVED OUT OF
SOUTHEAST WORCESTER COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY BETWEEN 715
AND 750 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY H$EAVY  RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
WERE MOVING ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON JUST BEFORE 8 PM.

DRAG
Special weather statement, May 25, 8:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
RIZ001>007-RIZ502-260200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
805 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HAIL ARE MOVING TOWARD RHODE ISLAND...

AT 805 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS OVER TOLLAND...
WINDHAM AND NEW LONDON COUNTIES OF CONNECTICUT MOVING TOWARDS THE
EAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL
...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL BE MOVING INTO RHODE ISLAND DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL AFFECT
THE RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON...KENT AND PROVIDENCE
COUNTIES.

MARSH

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Special weather statement, May 25, 8:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
RIZ001>007-RIZ502-260200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
805 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HAIL ARE MOVING TOWARD RHODE ISLAND...

AT 805 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS OVER TOLLAND...
WINDHAM AND NEW LONDON COUNTIES OF CONNECTICUT MOVING TOWARDS THE
EAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL
...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUJSTY WINDS. SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL BE MOVING INTO RHODE ISLAND DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL AFFECT
THE RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON...KENT AND PROVIDENCE
COUNTIES.

MARSH
Local storm report, May 25, 8:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
815 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994

TIME(EDT)  LOCATION         REPORT

720 PM     SUTTON MA        MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WIND BLEW A PICNIC
           (WORCESTER CTY)  TABLE APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET. REPORTED BY
                            A WEATHER WATCHER FOR LOCAL TV STATION.

750 PM     HOLLISTON MA     HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE REPORTED BY POLICE.
           (MIDDLESEX CTY)

750 PM     MILLIS           FUNNEL CLOUD BY LONG TIME SPOTTER FOR
           (NORFOLK CTY)    LOCAL TV STATION.

FIELD
Local storm report, May 25, 8:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
815 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994

TIME(EDT)  LOCATION         REPORT

720 PM     SUTTON MA        MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WIND BLEW A PICNIC
           (WORCESTER CTY)  TABLE APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET. REPORTED BY
                            A WEATHER WATCHER FOR LOCAL TV STATION.

750 PM     HOLLISTON MA     HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE REPORTED BY POLICE.
           (MIDDLESEX CTY)

750 PM     MILLIS         j  FUNNEL CLOUD BY LONG TIME SPOTTER FOR
           (NORFOLK CTY)    LOCAL TV STATION.

FIELD

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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.