Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1994, 3:03 PM EDT for Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 97 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1994, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1994, 4:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Providence County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPVD 231909 COR SVRPVD RIC007-232100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING..CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 303 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PROVIDENCE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN RHODE ISLAND ...PROVIDENCE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED BY THE TAUNTON WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE TO BE WEST OF LINCOLN RHODE ISLAND AT 255 PM EDT...OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF THE RHODE ISLAND BOARDER IN THE VICINITY OF WOONSOCKET. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING 1 INCH SIZE HAIL IN MASSACHUSETTS AND WILL LIKELY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE THROUGH PROVIDENCE COUNTY UNTIL AROUND 430 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MMC
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, May 23, 1:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
MAZ004-012-231900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA 130 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE OCCURRING IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... AT 125 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL NEAR STERLING. MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH LEOMINSTER AT 1PM. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE EASTERN PORTION OF WORCESTER COUNTY UNTIL AROUND 3PM. CULLEN
Special weather statement, May 23, 1:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
MAZ004-012-231900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WORCESTER MA
130 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE OCCURRING IN
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
AT 125 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM
WITH SMALL HAIL NEAR STERLING. MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AS
THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH LEOMINSTER AT 1PM.
$
THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE EASTERN
PORTION OF WORCESTER COUNTY UNTIL AROUND 3PM.
CULLENSpecial weather statement, May 23, 2:05 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
MAZ005-013-014-232000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 203 PM EST MON MAY 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO BOSTONS WESTERN AND NORTHERN SUBURBS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM... AT 2 PM SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE WORCESTER AND MIDDLESEX COUNTY LINE. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NORTHBORO AT 155 PM. AT 2 PM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE PEPPERELL AREA AND APPROACHING THE WESTBORO HOPKINGTON AREA. BE ALERT FOR ANY LATER WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THE GREATEST THREAT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH 330 PM WILL BE IN MIDDLESEX AND NORFOLK COUNTIES. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, May 23, 2:50 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
RIZ001>007-RIZ502-232050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 250 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HAIL ARE MOVING TOWARD RHODE ISLAND... AT 232 PM EDT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS REPORTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN WORCHESTER COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND TOWARD THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND BOARDER AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS DO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND SQUALLY WINDS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND IN THE WOONSOCKET AREA BY AROUND 300 PM...THEN THROUGH THE REST OF PROVIDENCE COUNTY LATER. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND SHOULD SEEK A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS ARRIVE. REMEMBER...ALL LIGHTNING IS DANGEROUS. CARBONE
Special weather statement, May 23, 2:52 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
RIZ001>007-RIZ502-232050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 250 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE HAIL ARE MOVING TOWARD RHODE ISLAND... AT 232 PM EDT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS REPORTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN WORCHESTER COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND TOWARD THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND BOARDER AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS DO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND SQUALLY WINDS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND IN THE WOONSOCKET AREA BY AROUND 300 PM...THEN THROUGH THE REST OF PRROVIDENCE COUNTY LATER. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND SHOULD SEEK A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS ARRIVE. REMEMBER...ALL LIGHTNING IS DANGEROUS. CARBONE
Special weather statement, May 23, 3:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
MAZ005-013-014-232000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 203 PM EST MON MAY 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO BOSTONS WESTERN AND NORTHERN SUBURBS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM... AT 2 PM SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE WORCESTER AND MIDDLESEX COUNTY LINE. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NORTHBORO AT 155 PM. AT 2 PM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE PEPPERELL AREA AND APPROACHING THE WESTBORO HOPKINGTON AREA. BE ALERT FOR ANY LATER WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THE GREATEST THREAT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH 330 PM WILL BE IN MIDDLESEX AND NORFOLK COUNTIES. THOMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Newport | 86 min |
| May 23, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 51 min |
| May 23, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Washington | 116 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Rhode Island, 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.