Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1994, 2:33 PM EDT for Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 1994, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1994, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Plymouth County, MA
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 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 KBOS 051835 RRA SVRBOS MAC023-051915- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 233 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MASSACHUSETTS ...PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 240 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTO OVER EAST TAUNTON. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BRIDGEWATER AND MIDDLEBORO BETWEEN 240 PM AND 315 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. 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. OSIENSKY/FIELD
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 5, 1:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
CTZ003-004-008-012-052000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 125 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 1994 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN CONNECTICUT... AT 115 PM RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN CONNECTICUT. THE LINE EXTENDS FROM BOSTON IN MASSACHUSETTS SOUTHWEST TO AROUND OLD SAYBROOK IN CONNECTICUT AND OVER LONG ISLAND SOUND. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST HOUR AS THEY MOVE INTO A VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE STORM MAY PRODUCE BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE STORMS AREA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF CONNECTICUT BY 300 PM. IF THE 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 5, 1:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
CTZ003-004-008-012-052000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 125 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 1994 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN CONNECTICUT... AT 115 PM RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN CONNECTICUT. THE LINE EXTENDS FROM BOSTON IN MASSACHUSETTS SOUTHWEST TO AROUND OLD SAYBROOK IN CONNECTICUT AND OVER LONG ISLAND SOUND. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST HOUR AS THEY MOVE INTO A VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE STORM MAY PRODUCE BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE STORMS AREA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF CONNRECTICUT BY 300 PM. IF THE 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 5, 1:37 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
MAZ019-501-051845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 137 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 AT 130 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HANOVER. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SCITUATE...MARSHFIELD...DUXBURY AREAS THROUGH 2 PM AND MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM GLOUCESTER TO PLYMOUTH INCLUDING BOSTON HARBOR UNTIL 2 PM. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. OSIENSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 1:39 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
MAZ019-501-051845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 137 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 AT 130 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HANOVER. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SCITUATE...MARSHFIELD...DUXBURY AREAS THROUGH 2 PM AND MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM GLOUCESTER TO PLYMOUTH INCLUDING BOSTON HARBOR UNTIL 2 PM. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. OSIENSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 1:56 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
MAZ013-017-018-051900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 158 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 AT 155 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN BRISTOL COUNTY BETWEEN 200 PM AND 230 PM. THIS STORM HAS BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE ATTLEBORO AND TAUNTON AREAS...BE PREPARED FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREA. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. OSIENSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 1:58 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
MAZ013-017-018-051900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 158 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 AT 155 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN BRISTOL COUNTY BETWEEN 200 PM AND 230 PM. THIS STORM HAS BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE ATTLEBORO AND TAUNTON AREAS...BE PREPARED FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREA. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. OSIENSKY ARE INDICATED OVER THE RICHMOND METRO AREA WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY NOW JUST TO THE EAST OF RICHMOND. > ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS INDICATED NORTH OF METRO RICHMOND OVER CENTRAL HANOVER COUNTY. THESE STORMS APPEAR TO BE ORGANIZING INTO A LINE AS THEY ADVANCE TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. BRING IN ANY LOOSES OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE WIND. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING ELECTRICAL STORMS. EXPECT VISIBILITY TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LIPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 41 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.