Alert archive / Rhode Island / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1994, 3:49 PM EDT for Newport County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 86 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1994, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1994, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newport County, RI
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 KPVD 231951 RRA SVRPVD RIC001-003-005-007-009-RIZ502-501-232145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI 349 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PROVIDENCE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN RHODE ISLAND ...BRISTOL COUNTY...KENT COUNTY...NEWPORT COUNTY ...PROVIDENCE COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM... ...NARRAGANSETT BAY TO WATCH HILL ...WATCH HILL TO SANDY POINT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG SQUALLY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE OCCURRING IN RHODE ISLAND AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE STATE UNTIL AROUND 600 PM EDT. PEOPLE OUT OF DOORS SHOULD SEEK A SAFE SHELTER AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE lON THE WATER...SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. DARK ...THREATENING CLOUDS MAY FORETELL A SQUALL OR A THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH WATERS. CARBONE
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
Local storm report, May 23, 3:11 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
310 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994
TIME(EDT) LOCATION REPORT
257 PM MARLBOROUGH HAIL RANGING FROM PEA TO DIME SIZE
(MIDDLESEX CTY)
FIELD
724 PM DANVERS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY LOCAL
(ESSEX CTY) POLICE. LAST CALL OF DOWNED TREES
RECEIVED 921 PM.
745 PM W. PEABODY HAIL...NUMEROUS DIME SIZED STONES WITH AT
(ESSEX CTY) LEAST 1 STONE STONE JUST A TOUCH SMALLER
THAN THE SIZE OF A QUARTER.
746 PM SALEM ONE TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY LOCAL
(ESSEX CTY) POLICE
758 PM LEXINGTON FUNNEL CLOUDS AS REPORTED BY TV 4.
(MIDDLESEX CTY)
805 PM BEVERLY SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND SEVERAL HOUSES
(ESSEX CTY) STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. REPORTED BY LOCAL
POLICE
810 PM TOPSFIELD ONE TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY LOCAL POLICE
(ESSEX CTY)
830 PM HAMILTON TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY LOCAL POLICE
(ESSEX CTY)
837 PM SALEM ANOTHER TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY LOCAL
(ESSEX CTY) POLICE
843 PM FRAMINGHAM NUMEROUS WIRES AND TREES DOWN...ESPECIALLY
(MIDDLESEX CTY) SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.
852 PM NEWTON EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE TO HOME CAUSED
(MIDDLESEX CTY) BY LIGHTNING AS REPORTED BY TV 5
UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
AND CONCORD AREAS NORTHWEST OF BOSTON (TIMES UNKNOWN).
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WERE RECEIVED OVER
SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHERN ESSEX COUNTIES FROM 644 PM THROUGH
845 PM.
ALSO...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED
FIRES WERE RECEIVED FROM MIDDLESEX AND ESSEX COUNTIES. AT LEAST ONE
MINOR INJURY OCCURRED IN WENHAM BECAUSE OF LIGHTNING.
THERE WAS LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND
NORTHEAST OF BOSTON WITH PEABODY HAVING 1.68 INCHES.
THOMPSON/DRAGLocal storm report, May 23, 3:12 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
310 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994
TIME(EDT) LOCATION REPORT
257 PM MARLBOROUGH HAIL RANGING FROM PEA TO DIME SIZE
(MIDDLESEX CTY)
FIELDLocal storm report, May 23, 3:13 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT.....CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
310 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994
TIME(EDT) LOCATION REPORT
257 PM MARLBOROUGH HAIL RANGING FROM PEA TO DIME SIZE
(MIDDLESEX CTY)
CORRECTED BECAUSE DATA WAS ERRONEOUSLY TRANSMITTED FROM AUG 4 1993.
FIELDSpecial weather statement, May 23, 3:19 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
MAZ005>007-013>019-MAZ501>504-232030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 318 PM EST MON MAY 23 1994 ...A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS... AT 315 PM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND MOVING INTO WESTERN NORFOLK COUNTY AND NORTHWEST BRISTOL COUNTY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXPIRED AT 3 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY WEAKEN SOME AS THEY APPROACH THE COAST. NEVERTHELESS...BOATERS ALONG THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SUDDEN SQUALLS UNTIL 5 OR 6 PM THIS EVENING. BE ALERT FOR ANY LATER WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, May 23, 3:25 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
CTZALL-232200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR OLD INFORMATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 325 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN CONNECTICUT TODAY... WITH THE TEMPERATURE RISING UP TO 88 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE. THERE HAVE BEEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS WHICH HAVE PRODUCED ONE INCH SIZE HAIL. STAY ON THE LOOKOUT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS TO POP UP IN CONNECTICUT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CHORNEY
Special weather statement, May 23, 3:36 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
CTZALL-232200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR OLD INFORMATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 325 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN CONNECTICUT TODAY... WITH THE TEMPERATURE RISING UP TO 88 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE. THERE HAVE BEEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS WHICH HAVE PRODUCED ONE INCH SIZE HAIL. STAY2 ON THE LOOKOUT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS TO POP UP IN CONNECTICUT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CHORNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 97 min |
| May 23, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 51 min |
| May 23, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Washington | 116 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.