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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

September 14, 1995Plymouth County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1995, 4:38 PM EDT for Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 1995, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

County Plymouth County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 1995-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 184 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, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 1995-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBOS 142039 RRA
SVRBOS
MAC023-142130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
438 PM EDT THU SEP 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
AT 435 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWNS OF RAYNHAM AND ASSONET. THIS STORM IS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL IMPACT THE TOWNS OF SOUTH
MIDDLEBORO...WAREHAM...CAPE COD CANAL...AND NORTH PORTIONS OF BUZZARD
BAY BY 530 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.
 
JL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex34 min
Sep 14, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.