Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1994, 5:48 PM EDT for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1994, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1994, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBDL 132149 RRA SVRBDL CTC015-011-132245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 548 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT ...SOUTHERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT ...NORTHERN NEW LONDON COUNTY AT 545 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WILLIMANTIC AREA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT HAVE SOWNED TREES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE XIMMEDIATELY AND ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. &
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, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
MAZ002>004-008>012-132130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 423 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL COVER MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... AT 423 PM...NO WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT IN MASSACHUSETTS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES INTO WESTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHWEST HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. ALSO...A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN OVER EASTERN NEW YORK WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY. THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL PROBABLY WILL COVER MOST OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 530 AND 730 PM. DRAG
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
MAZ002>004-008>012-132130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 423 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL COVER MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... AT 423 PM...NO WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT IN MASSACHUSETTS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES INTO WESTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHWEST HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. ALSO...A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN OVER EASTERN NEW YORK WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY. THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL PROBABLY WILL COVER MOST OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 530 AND 730 PM. DRAG VtF<< 6WWUS /86WWUS WWUSTJ 6WWUS" +6WWUS0 WTPZ f6WWUS $WWUS h6WWUS $6WWUS "WWUS( 36WWUS8 hYHWWNZ4* $WWUSJ p_WWUS L S6WWUS< LqWWUS \3U^WSUS@ p-b6WWUSj 0XWSUSF .[ WUUS #F66WWUS S"v X6WWUS gf6WWUS T^A`WWUS o6WWUS u 6WWUS 0_66WWUS le6WWUS A WUUS 4zWTPZ VjWTPZ aWTPZv o1 WUUS Ds7( WUUSP @H7WTPZn ~6WWUS b16WWUS (qI`WWUSV \R6WWUSB ttRHWSPA H3WWUS u6WWUSZ wM66WWUS l"["xp (Z wM66gf6WWUS T69/2o6WWUS < u 6WWUSl /86WWUSe6WWUS 6WWUS"zWTPZ wM66WWUS laWTPZv o1 WUUS Ds7( WUUSP @~6WWUS b16WWUS (gg6WWUS$ qI`WWUSV \uMn6WWUSV tRHWSPAv Lu6WWUSZ \
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MAZ005>007-013>024-RIZALL-MAZ501-RIZ501-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 442 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AND EXPIRES THIS EVENING. NO WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AT 440 PM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AND ALSO WERE JUST ACROSS THE BORDER IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CROSS NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTY NEAR HAVERHILL AND NEWBURYPORT BY 515 PM. OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND UNTIL AT LEAST 6 PM. DRAG
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
MAZ005>007-013>024-RIZALL-MAZ501-RIZ501-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 442 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AND EXPIRES THIS EVENING. NO WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AT 440 PM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AND ALSO WERE JUST ACROSS THE BORDER IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CROSS NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTY NEAR HAVERHILL AND NEWBUlRYPORT BY 515 PM. OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND UNTIL AT LEAST 6 PM. DRAG
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:17 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
MAZ002>004-008>012-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 517 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... NO WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AT 517 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ALONG THE NORTH BORDER OF MASSACHUSETTS AND WERE ALSO SPREADING INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH WORCESTER AROUND 615 PM. A COUPLE OF STORMS MAY PACK GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND RAINFALL OF AN INCH IN AN HOURS TIME WITH LIGHTNING POSSIBLY KNOCKING OUT POWER. DRAG
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:18 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
MAZ002>004-008>012-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 517 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS... NO WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AT 517 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ALONG THE NORTH BORDER OF MASSACHUSETTS AND WERE ALSO SPREADING INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH WORCESTER AROUND 615 PM. A COUPLE OF STORMS MAY PACK GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND RAINFALL OF AN INCH IN AN HOURS TIME WITH LIGHTNING POSSIBLY KNOCKING OUT POWER. DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 62 min |
| Aug 13, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 63 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.