Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1995, 9:25 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1995, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1995, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Capitol Planning Region, CT
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 827 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBOS 300126 SVRBOS CTC003-300215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 925 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ...HARTFORD COUNTY AT 922 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR TORRINGTON. THIS STORM PRODUCED LARGE HAIL IN CENTRAL DUTCHESS COUNTY IN NEW YORK. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOU IT WILL REACH BRISTOL AROUND 940 PM AND NEW BRITAIN BY 1000 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WTB
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 29, 8:50 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
850 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
THIS REPORT IS FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OF MEMORIAL DAY...MONDAY
EVENING MAY 29 1995. ALL TIMES EDT AND SUBJECT TO FURTHER
CONFIRMATION.
NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
THE ONLY HAIL REPORTS INCLUDED IN THIS MESSAGE WILL BE 3/4 INCH OR
LARGER.
THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE DAMAGE REPORTS THAT HAVE NOT REACHED THIS
OFFICE YET. THE FINAL TALLY WILL APPEAR IN STORM DATA.
OTHER REPORTS FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL BE FOUND UNDER ALBLSRALB
AND NYCLSRNYC.
AN ASTERISK INDICATES TIME ESTIMATED.
TIME (EDT) ...CITY LOCATION... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
...COUNTY (CTY)...
610 PM WILLIAMSTOWN MA 3/4 INCH HAIL
BERKSHIRE CTY
615 PM WILLIAMSTOWN MA 1 3/4 INCH HAIL (GOLF BALL)
BERKSHIRE CTY
644 PM COLRAIN MA 3/4 INCH HAIL
FRANKLIN CTY
715 PM GREAT BARRINGTON MA TREES DOWN
BERKSHIRE CTY
731 PM GREAT BARRINGTON MA TORNADO AS REPORTED BY
BERKSHIRE CTY STATE POLICE.
740 PM RUSSELL MA 1 3/4 INCH HAIL (GOLF HAIL)
HAMPDEN CTY
812 PM BERLIN MA TREE DOWN
HARTFORD CTY
813 PM ORANGE MA 1 INCH HAIL
FRANKLIN CTY
813 PM MOUNT TOM-HOLYOKE MA TORNADO PER PD AND SPOTTER
HAMPDEN CTY
815 PM ATHOL MA T 1 INCH HAIL
WORCESTER CTY
815 PM GARDNER MA 3/4 INCH HAIL
WORCESTER CTY
DRAGLocal storm report, May 29, 8:53 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT..COR HOLYOKE TORNADO..NOT A TORNADO..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
850 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
THIS REPORT IS FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OF MEMORIAL DAY...MONDAY
EVENING MAY 29 1995. ALL TIMES EDT AND SUBJECT TO FURTHER
CONFIRMATION.
NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
THE ONLY HAIL REPORTS INCLUDED IN THIS MESSAGE WILL BE 3/4 INCH OR
LARGER.
THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE DAMAGE REPORTS THAT HAVE NOT REACHED THIS
OFFICE YET. THE FINAL TALLY WILL APPEAR IN STORM DATA.
OTHER REPORTS FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL BE FOUND UNDER ALBLSRALB
AND NYCLSRNYC.
AN ASTERISK INDICATES TIME ESTIMATED.
TIME (EDT) ...CITY LOCATION... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
...COUNTY (CTY)...
610 PM WILLIAMSTOWN MA 3/4 INCH HAIL
BERKSHIRE CTY
615 PM WILLIAMSTOWN MA 1 3/4 INCH HAIL (GOLF BALL)
BERKSHIRE CTY
644 PM COLRAIN MA 3/4 INCH HAIL
FRANKLIN CTY
715 PM GREAT BARRINGTON MA TREES DOWN
BERKSHIRE CTY
731 PM GREAT BARRINGTON MA TORNADO AS REPORTED BY
BERKSHIRE CTY STATE POLICE.
740 PM RUSSELL MA 1 3/4 INCH HAIL (GOLF HAIL)
HAMPDEN CTY
812 PM BERLIN MA TREE DOWN
HARTFORD CTY
813 PM ORANGE MA 1 INCH HAIL
FRANKLIN CTY
813 PM MOUNT TOM-HOLYOKE MA TREES/WIRES DOWN.
HAMPDEN CTY POLICE AND SPOTTER REPORTED
FUNNELS.
815 PM ATHOL MA 1 INCH HAIL
WORCESTER CTY
815 PM GARDNER MA 3/4 INCH HAIL
WORCEhSTER CTY
DRAGLocal storm report, May 29, 9:09 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT..ADDED 745 PM..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
905 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
THIS REPORT IS FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OF MEMORIAL DAY...MONDAY
EVENING MAY 29 1995. ALL TIMES EDT AND SUBJECT TO FURTHER
CONFIRMATION.
NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
THE ONLY HAIL REPORTS INCLUDED IN THIS MESSAGE WILL BE 3/4 INCH OR
LARGER.
THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE DAMAGE REPORTS THAT HAVE NOT REACHED THIS
OFFICE YET. THE FINAL TALLY WILL APPEAR IN STORM DATA.
OTHER REPORTS FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL BE FOUND UNDER ALBLSRALB
AND NYCLSRNYC.
AN ASTERISK INDICATES TIME ESTIMATED.
TIME (EDT) ...CITY LOCATION... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
...COUNTY (CTY)...
610 PM WILLIAMSTOWN MA 3/4 INCH HAIL
BERKSHIRE CTY
615 PM WILLIAMSTOWN MA 1 3/4 INCH HAIL (GOLF BALL)
BERKSHIRE CTY
644 PM COLRAIN MA 3/4 INCH HAIL
FRANKLIN CTY
715 PM GREAT BARRINGTON MA TREES DOWN
BERKSHIRE CTY
731 PM GREAT BARRINGTON MA TORNADO AS REPORTED BY
BERKSHIRE CTY STATE POLICE.
740 PM RUSSELL MA 1 3/4 INCH HAIL (GOLF HAIL)
HAMPDEN CTY
745 PM SOUTHINGTON CT 7/8 INCH HAIL
HARTFORD CTY
812 PM BERLIN MA TREE DOWN
HARTFORD CTY
813 PM ORANGE MA 1 INCH HAIL
FRANKLIN CTY
813 PM MOUNT TOM-HOLYOKE MA TREES/WIRES DOWN.
HAMPDEN CTY POLICE AND SPOTTER REPORTED
FUNNELS.
815 PM ATHOL MA 1 INCH HAIL
WORCESTER CTY
815 PM GARDNER MA 3/4 INCH HAIL
WORCESTER CTY
DRAGLocal storm report, May 29, 9:15 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
915 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
THIS REPORT IS FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OF MEMORIAL DAY...MONDAY
EVENING MAY 29 1995. ALL TIMES EDT AND SUBJECT TO FURTHER
CONFIRMATION.
THE ONLY HAIL REPORTS INCLUDED IN THIS MESSAGE WILL BE 3/4 INCH OR
LARGER.
THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE DAMAGE REPORTS THAT HAVE NOT REACHED THIS
OFFICE YET. THE FINAL TALLY WILL APPEAR IN STORM DATA.
OTHER REPORTS FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL BE FOUND UNDER ALBLSRALB
AND NYCLSRNYC.
AN ASTERISK INDICATES TIME ESTIMATED.
TIME (EDT) ...CITY LOCATION... STATE EVENT/REMARKS
...COUNTY (CTY)...
610 PM WILLIAMSTOWN MA 3/4 INCH HAIL
BERKSHIRE CTY
615 PM WILLIAMSTOWN MA 1 3/4 INCH HAIL (GOLF BALL)
BERKSHIRE CTY
644 PM COLRAIN MA 3/4 INCH HAIL
FRANKLIN CTY
715 PM GREAT BARRINGTON MA TREES DOWN
BERKSHIRE CTY
731 PM GREAT BARRINGTON MA TORNADO AS REPORTED BY
BERKSHIRE CTY STATE POLICE.
740 PM RUSSELL MA 1 3/4 INCH HAIL (GOLF HAIL)
HAMPDEN CTY
745 PM SOUTHINGTON CT 7/8 INCH HAIL
HARTFORD CTY
812 PM BERLIN MA TREE DOWN
HARTFORD CTY
813 PM ORANGE MA 1 INCH HAIL
FRANKLIN CTY
813 PM MOUNT TOM-HOLYOKE MA TREES/WIRES DOWN.
HAMPDEN CTY POLICE AND SPOTTER REPORTED
FUNNELS.
815 PM ATHOL MA 1 INCH HAIL
WORCESTER CTY
815 PM GARDNER MA 3/4 INCH HAIL
WORCESTER CTY
911 PM CHICOPEE MA 3/4 INCH HAIL
HAMPDEN CTY
DRAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 26 min |
| May 29, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 43 min |
| May 29, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | 47 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.