Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 29, 1998Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 6:33 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 62 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 29, 1998, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 1998, 7:35 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Whole counties

County Capitol Planning Region, CT

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1392 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 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 292233 RRA
SVRBOS
ANZ250-CTC003-013-015-MAC009-017-027-292335-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
633 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
  NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN
  NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
  SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
  TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT
  WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT

* UNTIL 735 PM EDT

  THIS WARNING REPLACES ALL OTHER WARNINGS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR
  SOME OF THE COUNTIES NAMED.


* AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF PORTSMOUTH NEW
  HAMPSHIRE SOUTHWEST THROUGH WORCESTER AND THEN INTO CENTRAL
  HARTFORD COUNTY OF CONNECTICU. THIS LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND SLOWED ABIT AS THE STORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED.

* A FEW OF THE LARGER CITIES IN/NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM
  INCLUDE...LOWELL AND WORCESTER.


SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR WINDS STRONG ENOUGH
TO KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.  MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

LJC/DRAG

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 5:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
530 PM EST MAY 29 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

505 PM     CHARLEMONT                MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   FRANKLIN                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN

GIRODO

Local storm report, May 29, 5:44 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
545 PM EST MAY 29 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

505 PM     CHARLEMONT                MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   FRANKLIN                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN

530 PM     WALPOLE                   NH   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   CHESHIRE                       TREES DOWN

530 PM     WESTMORELAND              NH   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   CHESHIRE                       LARGE LIMBS DOWN

GIRODO

Local storm report, May 29, 5:51 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
545 PM EST MAY 29 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

505 PM     CHARLEMONT                MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   FRANKLIN                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN

530 PM     WALPOLE                   NH   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   CHESHIRE                       TREES DOWN

530 PM     WESTMORELAND              NH   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   CHESHIRE                       LARGE LIMBS DOWN

545 PM     RUSSELL                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   HAMPDEN                        LARGE TREE DWON

GIRODO

Local storm report, May 29, 5:56 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
555 PM EST MAY 29 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

505 PM     CHARLEMONT                MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   FRANKLIN                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN

530 PM     WALPOLE                   NH   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   CHESHIRE                       TREES DOWN

530 PM     WESTMORELAND              NH   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   CHESHIRE                       LARGE LIMBS DOWN

545 PM     RUSSELL                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   HAMPDEN                        LARGE TREE DOWN

553 PM     ATHOL                     MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   WORCESTER                      TREES DOWN ON
                                          3 VEHICLES

GIRODO

Local storm report, May 29, 5:56 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
555 PM EST MAY 29 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

505 PM     CHARLEMONT                MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   FRANKLIN                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN

530 PM     WALPOLE                   NH   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   CHESHIRE                       TREES DOWN

530 PM     WESTMORELAND              NH   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   CHESHIRE                       LARGE LIMBS DOWN

545 PM     RUSSELL                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   HAMPDEN                        LARGE TREE DOWN

553 PM     ATHOL                     MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   WORCESTER                      TREES DOWN ON
                                          3 VEHICLES

GIRODO

Local storm report, May 29, 6:16 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
615 PM EST MAY 29 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

505 PM     CHARLEMONT                MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   FRANKLIN                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN

530 PM     WALPOLE                   NH   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   CHESHIRE                       TREES DOWN

530 PM     WESTMORELAND              NH   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   CHESHIRE                       LARGE LIMBS DOWN

545 PM     RUSSELL                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   HAMPDEN                        LARGE TREE DOWN

545 PM     MONTAGUE                  MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   FRANKLIN                       POWER LINES DOWN

550 PM     JAFFREY                   NH   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   CHESHIRE                       TREES DOWN

550 PM     ATHOL                     MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   WORCESTER                      LARGE TREES DOWN

553 PM     ATHOL                     MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   WORCESTER                      TREE DOWN ON
                                          3 VEHICLES

604 PM     AGAWAM                    MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   HAMPDEN                        TREES DOWN BLOCKING
                                          STREET

610 PM     WEST SPRINGFIELD          MA   .88 INCH HAIL
05/29/98   HAMPDEN

610 PM     BELCHERTOWN               MA   1 INCH HAIL
05/29/98   HAMPSHIRE

612 PM     EASTHAMPTON               MA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/29/98   HAMPSHIRE

GIRODO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Capitol Planning Region	46 min
May 29, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX		42 min
May 29, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 1998 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.