Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1996, 7:19 PM EDT for Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1996, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1996, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hampshire County, MA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Belchertown, MA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 767 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBOS 132319 SVRBOS MAC015-140000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 719 PM EDT THU JUN 13 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS ...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY AT 715 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST EAST OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. THEY WILL ACCELERATE QUICKLY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY BY 800 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS...ASK YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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 LjOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. WGH/DRV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.