Alert archive / Massachusetts / Tornado Warnings in 1995

Tornado Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 29, 1995Franklin County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1995, 8:02 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, MA

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 1995-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 215 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBOS 300003 RRA
TORBOS
MAC011-300030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
802 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AT 803 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORTHFIELD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR. IT WILL BE NEAR ORANGE AROUND 815 PM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
BFLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
WTB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden45 min
May 29, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXWorcester46 min
May 29, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex41 min
May 29, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden43 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.