Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 1994, 4:53 PM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 1994, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 1994, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Worcester County, MA
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBOS 212057 RRA SVRBOS MAC027-212145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 453 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS ...NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AT 450 PM EDT A THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF GARDNER WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST TOWARD GARDNER. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS DOWNED TREES AS IT MOVED THROUGH HAMPSHIRE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION hMOVE 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 21, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
CTZ001-002-005-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR ZONE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 335 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN CONNECTICUT... AT 330 PM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE IN NEW YORK NORTHEAST INTO LITCHFIELD COUNTY NEAR SHARON...KENT...AND GOSHEN. THE AREA IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO TORRINGTON IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY AND SHERMAN AND NEW FARIFIELD IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY BY 415 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ANY UPDDATES ON THESE STORMS. PIERCE
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:15 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
CTZ001-002-212130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 415 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT... AT 415 PM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WASHINGTON AND ROXBURY IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY TO WINCHESTER AND BARKHAMSTED IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY AND HARTLAND IN HARTFORD COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO MORRIS...BETHELEHEM...AND WATERTOWN IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY AND INTO GRANBY IN HARTFORD COUNTY BY 440 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. PIERCE
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:15 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
CTZ001-002-212130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 415 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT... AT 415 PM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WASHINGTON AND ROXBURY IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY TO WINCHESTER AND BARKHAMSTED IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY AND HARTLAND IN HARTFORD COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO MORRIS...BETHELEHEM...AND WATERTOWN IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY AND INTO GRANBY IN HARTFORD COUNTY BY 440 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. PIERCE
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:17 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
CTZ001-002-212130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT 415 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT... AT 415 PM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WASHINGTON AND ROXBURY IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY TO WINCHESTER AND BARKHAMSTED IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY AND HARTLAND IN HARTFORD COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO MORRIS...BETHELEHEM...AND WATERTOWN IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY AND INTO GRANBY IN HARTFORD COUNTY BY 440 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. PIERCE
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:37 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
MAZ002>005-008>012-212145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 440 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 1994 AT 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WINCHENDON IN NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY TO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY BY 5 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING: LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ...DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. OSIENSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:40 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
MAZ002>005-008>012-212145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 440 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 1994 AT 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WINCHENDON IN NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY TO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY BY 5 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ...DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. OSIENSKY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 26 min |
| Aug 21, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 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.