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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 21, 1996

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1996, 3:26 PM EDT. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 1996, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 1996, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBOS 211927
SVRBOS
CTC013-212015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
326 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
 
   ...TOLLAND COUNTY
 
AT 320 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH
HARTFORD COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED HIGH WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH IN
CHESHIRE IN NORTHEAST NEW HAVEN COUNTY...AND KNOCKING DOWN POWERLINES
IN FARMINGTON IN HARTFORD COUNTY WHERE POWER HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED. THIS
STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO TOLLAND COUNTY BY 340 PM BETWEEN VERNON SOUTH
THROUGH ANDOVER...THEN CONTINUING EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE COUNTY BY
415 PM. HIGH WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 5$5 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
DRV/GF
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region50 min
May 21, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 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.