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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 4, 1995

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1995, 2:30 PM EDT. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 1995, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KBOS 041830 RRA
SVRBOS
CTC013-041930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
230 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
 
   ...TOLLAND COUNTY
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS HARTFORD COUNTY AND WILL MOVE
INTO TOLLAND COUNTY BY 245PM. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO
NEAR 60 MPH IN SOUTHINGTON.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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, Apr 4, 2:21 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
220 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1995

A WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER IN SOUTHINGTON CT REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO
56 MPH WITH CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE AT 210 PM.

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VALLIER-TALBOT

Local storm report, Apr 4, 2:24 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
321 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1995

AT ABOUT 314 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT WORCESTER REPORTED A
WIND GUST TO 64 MPH.

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DRAG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Northwest Hills Planning Region	60 min
Apr 4, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Capitol Planning Region	65 min
Apr 4, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	61 min
Apr 4, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	59 min

Nearby

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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.