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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 18, 1995Worcester County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

County Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 158 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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 182316
TORBOS
MAC027-182345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
715 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY
 
AT 715 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN
NORTHWEST WORCESTER COUNTY APPORXIMATELY ON THE PHILLIPSTON-TEMPLETON
TOWN LINE. IT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TOWNS OF GARDNER AND
WESTMINSTER THEN INTO FITCHBURG AND LUNENBURG BY 745 PM.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOUx ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
DRV/WD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin42 min
Jul 18, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXWorcester64 min
Jul 18, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin33 min
Jul 18, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex, Worcester30 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.