Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1994, 12:49 PM EDT for Bristol County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 1994, 12:49 PM EDT (16:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 1994, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bristol County, MA
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBOS 141651 RRA SVRBOS MAC005-141730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1249 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN MASSACHUSETTS ...NORTHERN BRISTOL COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 1250 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN BRISTON COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 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 14, 8:33 AM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
MAZALL-CTZALL-RIZALL-141630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 833 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON... A STRONG COLD FRONT...MOVING INTO A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN NOON AND 300 PM AND SPREAD EAST DURING MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. AT 830 AM...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION. GURKA
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 12:05 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
CTZ002-003-004-007-008-141900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 1205 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN CONNECTICUT... AT NOON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN CONNECTICUT. THE STRONGEST CELLS WERE LOCATED FROM MIDDLETOWN TO WILLIMANTIC CONNECTICUT. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR IN CHESHIRE. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED WHEN THESE STORMS MOVE INTO NORWICH AND DANIELSON WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ANY UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. CHORNEY
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 12:09 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
CTZ002-003-004-007-008-141900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 1205 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN CONNECTICUT... AT NOON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN CONNECTICUT. THE STRONGEST CELLS WERE LOCATED FROM MIDDLETOWN TO WILLIMANTIC CONNECTICUT. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR IN CHESHIRE. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED WHEN THESE STORMS MOVE INTO NORWICH AND DANIELSON WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ANY UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. CHORNEY
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 12:15 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
RIZ001>007-RIZ502-132330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 1215 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST CONNECTICUT AND NORTH RHODE ISLAND... AT NOON RADAT SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER NORTH RHODE ISLAND AND EAST CONNECTICUT. THE STRONGEST CELLS WERE NORTH RHODE ISLAND AND NEAR PUTNAM IN NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND SHOULD BE EXPECTED WHEN THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER OCCURS. JWH
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 12:19 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
RIZ001>007-RIZ502-132330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 1215 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST CONNECTICUT AND NORTH RHODE ISLAND... AT NOON RADAT SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER NORTH RHODE ISLAND AND EAST CONNECTICUT. THE STRONGEST CELLS WERE NORTH RHODE ISLAND AND NEAR PUTNAM IN NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND SHOULD BE EXPECTED WHEN THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER OCCURS. JWH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 66 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.