Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 3, 1995Hampshire County, Worcester County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1995, 10:04 PM EDT for Hampshire County, Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 71 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1995, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1995, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
71 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hampshire County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 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

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1995-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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 040214 RRA
SVRBOS
MAC027-015-040315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...RETRANSMITTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1004 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY
 
IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH HAMPSHIRE COUNTY AND WILL MOVE
INTO WORCESTER COUNTY BY 1015 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS REPORTEDLY
PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN BELCHERTOWN.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR 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.
 
VALLEE
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXHampshire3 hr
Jun 3, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXWorcester66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.