Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1994, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBDL 252201 RRA SVRBDL CTC005-252300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 600 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ...SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY A 555 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL EFFECT NEW MILFORD BY 610 PM...WASHINGTON AND ROXBURY AND BRIDGEWATER BY 620 PM AND WOODBURY BY 630PM. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF HAIL PEA SIZE AND GREATER WITH THIS STORM HAS IT MOVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY AND ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
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 25, 3:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
MAZ002-003-008-009-010-011-252145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 347 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH BERKSHIRE COUNTY... AT 345 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDESTORMS IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE LINE STRETCHED FROM RUTLAND VERMONT SOUTHWEST INTO EASTERN NEW YORK STATE...NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH AND WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT WESTERN PORTIONS OF FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES BY 515 PM. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN TORRENTIAL RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS LIVING IN FRANKLIN...HAMPSHIRE...AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES SHOULD BE READY TO HEAD INDOORS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. VALLEE
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
MAZ002-003-008-009-010-011-252145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 347 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH BERKSHIRE COUNTY... AT 345 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDESTORMS IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE LINE STRETCHED FROM RUTLAND VERMONT SOUTHWEST INTO EASTERN NEW YORK STATE...NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH AND WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT WESTERN PORTIONS OF FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES BY 515 PM. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN TORRENTIAL RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS LIVING IN FRANKLIN...HAMPSHIRE...AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES SHOULD BE READXY TO HEAD INDOORS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. VALLEE
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 454 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 11 PM. THIS WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT NEW LONDON COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT... AT 455 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST HAMPSHIRE COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY BY 505 PM...BUT CONTINUE ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE ONLY OTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS IN EASTERN NEW YORK. THESE STORM COULD MOVE INTO WESTERN CONNECTICUT BY 530 PM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...HEAD INDOORS QUICKLY. ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN FRANKLIN AND NORTHWEST HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PUT ON HOLD THIS EVENING UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. VALLEE
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 454 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 11 PM. THIS WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT NEW LONDON COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT... AT 455 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST HAMPSHIRE COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY BY 505 PM...BUT CONTINUE ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE ONLY OTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS IN EASTERN NEW YORK. THESE STORM COULD MOVE INTO WESTERN CONNECTICUT BY 530 PM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...HEAD INDOORS QUICKLY. ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN FRANKLIN AND NORTHWEST HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PUT ON HOLD THIS EVENING UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. VALLEE
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:40 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
MAZALL-252345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 540 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT SOUTHEAST UNTIL 11 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... AT 540 PM EDT MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WAS FREE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE AFFECTING FRANKLIN COUNTY MOVED INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND EXTREME NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN NEW YORK WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN CONNECTICUT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:44 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
MAZALL-252345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 540 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT SOUTHEAST UNTIL 11 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... AT 540 PM EDT MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WAS FREE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE AFFECTING FRANKLIN COUNTY MOVED INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND EXTREME NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN NEW YORK WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN CONNECTICUT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
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.