Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1994, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampshire County, MA
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 402 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 26, 4:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MAZ002>003-MAZ008>011-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 440 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 430 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY BETWEEN LEE AND SHEFFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL BE APPROACHING WESTERN PORTIONS OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY BETWEEN WORTHINGTON AND PLAINFIELD BETWEEN 445 PM AND 515 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY BY 5 PM. THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GIRODO
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:40 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:50 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
MAZ003-004-005-010-011-012-013-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 550 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... AT 545 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY NEAR NORTHAMPTON...AND ON SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY TO THE WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF WESTERN WORCESTER...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...AND EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTIES BETWEEN 550 PM AND 650 PM. SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FIELD
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:53 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
MAZ003-004-005-010-011-012-013-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 550 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... AT 545 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY NEAR NORTHAMPTON...AND ON SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY TO THE WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF WESTERN WORCESTER...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...AND EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTIES BETWEEN 550 PM AND 650 PM. SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FIELD
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:56 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
MAZ003-004-005-010-011-012-013-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 550 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... AT 545 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY NEAR NORTHAMPTON...AND ON SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY TO THE WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF WESTERN WORCESTER...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...AND EASTERN HAMPC!j STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 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.