Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1994, 4:13 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1994, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1994, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBDL 132014 RRA SVRBDL CTC005-132115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 413 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ...LITCHFIELD COUNTY AT 410 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF NEW MILFORD CONNECTICUT. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE IN WATERTOWN AND THOMASTON SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER IN THE NEXT HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. 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.
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 13, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
MAZ002-003-004-008-009-010-011-CTZ001-002-003-005-006-007-009-010- 011-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 140 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 130 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...PLEASE BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR UPDATES ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. GURKA
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
MAZ002-003-004-008-009-010-011-CTZ001-002-003-005-006-007-009-010- 011-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 140 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 130 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODU LARGE HAIL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...PLEASE BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR UPDATES ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. GURKA
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 1:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
MAZ002-003-004-008-009-010-011-CTZ001-002-003-005-006-007-009-010- 011-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 140 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 130 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...PLEASE BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR UPDATES ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. GURKA
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:40 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
CTZALL-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 340 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL CONNECTICUT... AT 330 PM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY NEAR NEW MILFORD. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS HEAVY DOWN POURS OF RAIN. PEOPLE LIVING IN WATERBURY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT IN THE NEXT HOUR FOR HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ANY UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. CHORNEY
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:43 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
CTZALL-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 340 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL CONNECTICUT... AT 330 PM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY NEAR NEW MILFORD. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS HEAVY DOWN POURS OF RAIN. PEOPLE LIVING IN WATERBURY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT IN TH|E NEXT HOUR FOR HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ANY UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. CHORNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 57 min |
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.