Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1994, 2:05 PM EDT for Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1994, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1994, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hampshire County, MA
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 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 KBOS 181807 SVRBOS MAC015-181845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 205 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS ...CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY AT 207 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOSHEN ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF WORCESTER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. IT WILL PROBABLY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL....VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING STRIKES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AS IT HEADS FOR WESTHAMPTON AND NORTHAMPTON BY 245 PM. 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 W&ATER 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, Jun 18, 11:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
CTZALL-RIZALL-MAZ002>019-181800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1134 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 1100 AM THIS MORNING DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN VERMONT AND THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. THE COMBINATION OF VERY MOIST AIR AND HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE. IF PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING PLEASE USE PRECAUTIONS FOR HIGH HEAT AND BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. KLEIN
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 11:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
CTZALL-RIZALL-MAZ002>019-181800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1134 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 1100 AM THIS MORNING DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN VERMONT AND THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. THE COMBINATION OF VERY MOIST AIR AND HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE. IF PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING PLEASE USE PRECAUTIONS FOR HIGH HEAT AND BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. KLEIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 28 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.