Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1994, 3:16 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1994, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1994, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 081917 RRA SVRBDL CTC003-005-082015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 316 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ...LITCHFIELD COUNTY TWO AREAS OF STRONG STORMS ARE LOCATED IN HARTFORD AND LITHCFIELD COUNTIES. AT 315 PM RADAR INDICATED ONE STORM OVER THE WETHERSFIELD AREA AND THE OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME WESTERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. 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, Jul 8, 2:19 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
MAZ002>MAZ004-MAZ008>MAZ012-CTZALL-082015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 218 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND ALL OF CONNECTICUT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND ALL OF CONNECTICUT UNTIL 8 PM EDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND HAVE DAMAGED POWER LINES AND DOWNED TREES. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST INTO CONNECTICUT. MORE STORMS WILL FORM AT OTHER PLACES IN THE HOT HUMID AIR. IF RADAR OR OBSERVERS INDICATE HIGH WIND OR LARGE HAIL A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR SPECIFIC AREAS. RESIDENTS SfHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND AVOID LOW AREAS WHICH CAN FLOOD DURING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THF
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:35 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
CTZ001-004-008-012-082000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 233 PM EDT FRI JUL 08 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CONNECTICUT UNTIL 800 PM... AT 230 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL HARTFORD COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND MAY RESULT IN STREET FLOODING. THESE STORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO TOLLAND COUNTY AROUND 3OO PM. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND COULD ENTER WESTERN CONNECTICUT OVER THE NEXT HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ACROSS CONNECTICUT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | 68 min | |
| Jul 8, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 68 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.