Alert archive / Massachusetts / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995

Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

November 12, 1995Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 12, 1995, 6:20 AM EST for Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 1995, 6:20 AM EST (11:20 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 1995, 11:00 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 347 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
521 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBOS 121138
FFWBOS
MAC011-013-015-121615-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
620 AM EST SUN NOV 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS
 
...FRANKLIN COUNTY...WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY...WESTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAIN OVER NIGHT HAS CAUSED SMALLER STREAMS TO REACH ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE.  SERVERAL SMALL RIVERS INCLUDING THE WEST BRACH OF THE WEST FIELD
RIVER AT HUNTINGTON... THE NORTH RIVER AT SHATUCKVILLE... AND THE
DEERFIELD RIVER AT WEST DEERFIELD... ROSE TO BETWEEN 1 FOOT AND 1 AND A
HALF FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  THE HEAVIER RAIN IS OVER BUT STREAMS WILL
REMAIN HIGH THIS MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE AABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 6:20 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBOXFranklin5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.