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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 8, 1995Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut; Hampden County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 3:20 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut; Hampden County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1995, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1995, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Hampden County, MA

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1030 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
1030 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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 081919 RRA
SVRBOS
CTC003-013-MAC013-082000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
320 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN HARTFORD COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN TOLLAND COUNTY
 
 
IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY
 
AT 315 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ENFIELD.
THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL MOVE TOWARD
HAZARDVILLE...SOMERS AND HAMPDEN BY 330 PM. THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY
OF BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS.
 
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.
 
MAG/EVT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 4:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region2 hr
Jul 8, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden, Hampshire48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 1995Severe 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.