Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 3, 1995Franklin County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1995, 7:48 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1995, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampshire County, MA

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 230 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 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 032347 RRA
SVRBOS
MAC011-015-040030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
748 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...NORTHERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
 
AT 745 PM...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO HAWLEY AND
PLAINFIELD. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST TOWARD ASHFIELD...CONWAY AND
WILLIAMSBURG. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
TORRENTIAL RAINS.
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS...ASK YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO
RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
F6OR 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.
 
MG/EVT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin52 min
Jun 3, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXWorcester50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 1995Every severe thunderstorm 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.