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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 1, 1994Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1994, 6:10 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 1994, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 1994, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

County Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1994-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 590 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1994-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBDL 012210 RRA
SVRBDL
CTC005-012315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
610 PM EDT MON AUG 1 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT
 
   ...SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD
COUNTY OVER THOMASTON. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND
WILL MOVE INTO PLYMOUTH BY 615 PM.
 
 
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.

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, Aug 1, 5:55 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
CTZ001>004-012300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED DAY OF WEEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
555 PM EDT MON AUG 01 1994

AT 550 PM RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHERN
LITCHFIELD COUNTY OF CONNECTICUT...FROM NEW MILFORD TO THOMASTON. THE
STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY BY 620 PM. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM.

IF WEATHER LOOKS THREATENING...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATION FOR FURTHER
UPDATES ON THIS STORM.

NOTCHEY
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:56 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
CTZ001>004-012300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
555 PM EDT THU AUG 01 1994

AT 550 PM RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHERN
LITCHFIELD COUNTY OF CONNECTICUT...FROM NEW MILFORD TO THOMASTON. THE
STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY BY 620 PM. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM.

IF WEATHER LOOKS THREATENING...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATION FOR FURTHER
UPDATES ON THIS STORM.

NOTCHEY
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:03 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
CTZ001>004-012300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED DAY OF WEEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
555 PM EDT MON AUG 01 1994

AT 550 PM RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHERN
LITCHFIELD COUNTY OF CONNECTICUT...FROM NEW MILFORD TO THOMASTON. THE
STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY BY 620 PM. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM.

IF WEATHER LOOKS THREATENING...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATION FOR FURTHER
UPDATES ON THIS STORM.

NOTCHEY

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.