Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 1:10 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 1:10 PM EDT (17:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 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 KBDL 291712 RRA SVRBDL CTC005-291815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 110 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ...LITCHFIELD COUNTY AT 105 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE INTO NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY. STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO LITCHFIELD COUNTY AFTER 130 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS. 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 WATER 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 29, 10:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
CTZ001-002-005-006-009-010-291900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 1050 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT WESTERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 400 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR WESTERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 400 PM EDT. THE EFFECTED COUNTIES ARE LITCHFIELD...HARTFORD...FAIRFIELD AND NEW HAVEN. THIS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. AT 1050 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH ARE COULD EFFECT WESTERN CONNECTICUT LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NOTCHEY
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:51 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
CTZ001-002-005-006-009-010-291900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 1050 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT WESTERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 400 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR WESTERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 400 PM EDT. THE EFFECTED COUNTIES ARE LITCHFIELD...HARTFORD...FAIRFIELD AND NEW HAVEN. THIS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. AT 1050 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH ARE COULD EFFECT WESTERN CONNECTICUT LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NOTCHEY
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
CTZ001-002-005-006-009-010-291900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 1200 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT WESTERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 400 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 400 PM EDT. THE EFFECTED COUNTIES ARE LITCHFIELD...HARTFORD... FAIRFIELD AND NEW HAVEN. THIS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN THESE AREAS. AT 1155 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY IN EASTERN NEW YORK SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN NEW JERSEY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND COULD EFFECT FAIRFIELD AND LITCHFIELD COUNTIES AS EARLY AS 1 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NOTCHEY
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
CTZ001-002-005-006-009-010-291900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 1200 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT WESTERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 400 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 400 PM EDT. THE EFFECTED COUNTIES ARE LITCHFIELD...HARTFORD... FAIRFIELD AND NEW HAVEN. THIS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN THESE AREAS. AT 1155 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY IN EASTERN NEW YORK SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN NEW JERSEY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND COULD EFFECT FAIRFIELD AND LITCHFIELD COUNTIES AS EARLY AS 1 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NOTCHEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.