Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

October 28, 1995Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 28, 1995, 9:38 AM EDT for Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 28, 1995, 9:38 AM EDT (13:38 UTC)
Expired
Oct 28, 1995, 10:15 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:40 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 1995-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 599 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 1995-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 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
599 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KBOS 281337 RRA
SVRBOS
MAC017-021-025-281415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
938 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...EASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY...EASTERN NORFOLK COUNTY
   ...SUFFOLK COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
 
WEATHER INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS NEAR
BROOKLINE. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE IN AND AROUND THE
CITY OF BOSTON.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 28, 7:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden, Hampshire47 min
Oct 28, 8:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex52 min
Oct 28, 11:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXFranklin, Hampden, Hampshire4 hr

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.