Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1994, 2:36 PM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1994, 2:36 PM EDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1994, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Worcester County, MA
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBOS 231838 RRA SVRBOS MAC027-231930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 236 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS ...SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST WORCESTER COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING EAST OF BARRE AND SOUTH OF STERLING WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. 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. KLEIN
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 23, 1:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
MAZ002-003-004-008-009-010-011-231800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 105 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... AT 1 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN FRANKLIN...HAMPSHIRE...HAMPDEN...AND NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OSIENSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:55 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
MAZ002-003-004-008-009-010-011-231800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 105 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... AT 1 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN FRANKLIN...HAMPSHIRE...HAMPDEN...AND NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OSIENSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:59 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 205 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... AT 2 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH FRANKLIN...HAMPSHIRE...HAMPDEN...AND WORCESTER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADS. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. KLEIN
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:03 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
CTZ001>004-008-012-232000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 203 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 1994 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CONNECTICUT... AT 200 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE SOUTHWEST ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT INTO NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE HEAVIEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO HARTFORD COUNTY AND WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE ENTIRE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. NOTCHEY
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:04 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
CTZ001>004-008-012-232000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 203 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 1994 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CONNECTICUT... AT 200 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE SOUTHWEST ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT INTO NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE HEAVIEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO HARTFORD COUNTY AND WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE ENTIRE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. NOTCHEY
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:05 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 205 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... AT 2 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH FRANKLIN...HAMPSHIRE...HAMPDEN...AND WORCESTER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADS. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. KLEIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk | 36 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.