Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 8:00 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 50 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 31, 1998, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1998, 8:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 31, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBOS 010000 SVRBOS MAC011-010050- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 800 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS * UNTIL 850 PM EDT * AT 800 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORTH ADAMS... MOVING EAST NEAR 45 MPH. * TOWNS IN/NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... ROWE...CHARELMONT...HAWLEY...HEATH...BUCKLAND BY 815 PM SHELBURN...COLRAIN AND GREENFIELD BY 830 PM THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS TO 70 MPH IN NORTH ADAMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. DRV/JL
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 31, 7:16 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
716 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0623 PM PEPPERELL MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MIDDLESEX TWO TREES DOWN. ONE
TOTALED A CAR WITH 1
PERSON SLIGHTLY INJ BUT
REFUSED TREATMENT.
POWERLINES DOWN ALL OVER
TOO.Local storm report, May 31, 7:18 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
718 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0620 PM NASHUA NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 HILLSBOROUGH ESTIMATED 65 MPH IN SOUTH
NASHUA BY PRIVATE
METEOROLOGISTLocal storm report, May 31, 7:25 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
725 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1117 AM GARDNER MA .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 WORCESTER
1158 AM CHELMSFORD CENTER MA .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 MIDDLESEX 3-4 INCH DIAMETER TREES
DOWN IN NEARBY LITTLETON
AT NOON
1158 AM PEABODY MA .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ESSEX
1208 PM LOWELL MA .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 MIDDLESEX
1210 PM PEABODY MA .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ESSEX
0532 PM WALPOLE NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CHESHIRE TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN
WALPOLE PER LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0550 PM SHELBURNE FALLS MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES
DOWN
0558 PM GREENFIELD MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 FRANKLIN WIRES DOWN IN GREENFIELD.
EARLIER ESTIMATED 68 MPH
AT 545 PM EDT
0600 PM WINCHESTER NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CHESHIRE TREES THROWN THROUGH
HOUSES
0600 PM KEENE NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CHESHIRE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO WIND
0600 PM WESTMORELAND NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CHESHIRE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO WIND
0600 PM SWANZEY NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CHESHIRE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO WIND
0600 PM SULLIVAN NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CHESHIRE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO WIND
0603 PM ATHOL MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WORCESTER LIMBS DOWN...SIZE UNKNOWN
0605 PM SHELBURNE MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 2
0605 PM WINCHENDON MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WORCESTER *** 2 DEAD ***
TWO FATALITIES AS TREE
FELL ON A CAR ON RTE 202
PER WINCHENDON PD
0610 PM NORTHFIELD MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT
0610 PM TEMPLETON MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WORCESTER POWER OUTAGES DUE TO WIND
0610 PM WINCHENDON MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WORCESTER WIND GUSTS 65 MPH
ESTIMATED
0615 PM ANTRIM NH
05/31/98 HILLSBOROUGH LIGHTNING STRUCK GREAT
BROOK SCHOOL BY
HILLSBOROUGH PD
0615 PM ANTRIM NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 HILLSBOROUGH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0620 PM DEERFIELD MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 FRANKLIN 1 TREE DOWN
0620 PM NASHUA NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 HILLSBOROUGH ESTIMATED 65 MPH IN SOUTH
NASHUA BY PRIVATE
METEOROLOGIST
0622 PM TOWNSEND MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MIDDLESEX ANEMOMETER SUSTAINED 55
MPH...LIMBS DOWN
0623 PM PEPPERELL MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MIDDLESEX *** 1 INJ ***
TWO TREES DOWN. ONE
TOTALED A CAR WITH 1
PERSON SLIGHTLY INJ BUT
REFUSED TREATMENT.
POWERLINES DOWN ALL OVER
TOO.
0630 PM NASHUA NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 HILLSBOROUGH TREES DOWN SOUTHWEST PART
OF NASHUA
0630 PM PHILLIPSTON MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WORCESTER TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON
ROYALSTON ROAD
0630 PM NASHUA NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 HILLSBOROUGH LARGE PINE TREES DOWN BY
NWS EMPLOYEE
0635 PM SOUTH DEERFIELD MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 FRANKLIN 1 TREE DOWN
0640 PM GROTON MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MIDDLESEX 4 INCH DIAMETER LIMB
DOWNED ON RTE 40
0645 PM HAVERHILL MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ESSEX TREES DOWNLocal storm report, May 31, 7:25 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
725 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1117 AM GARDNER MA .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 WORCESTER
1158 AM CHELMSFORD CENTER MA .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 MIDDLESEX 3-4 INCH DIAMETER TREES
DOWN IN NEARBY LITTLETON
AT NOON
1158 AM PEABODY MA .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ESSEX
1208 PM LOWELL MA .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 MIDDLESEX
1210 PM PEABODY MA .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 ESSEX
0532 PM WALPOLE NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CHESHIRE TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN
WALPOLE PER LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0550 PM SHELBURNE FALLS MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES
DOWN
0558 PM GREENFIELD MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 FRANKLIN WIRES DOWN IN GREENFIELD.
EARLIER ESTIMATED 68 MPH
AT 545 PM EDT
0600 PM WINCHESTER NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CHESHIRE TREES THROWN THROUGH
HOUSES
0600 PM KEENE NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CHESHIRE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO WIND
0600 PM WESTMORELAND NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CHESHIRE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO WIND
0600 PM SWANZEY NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CHESHIRE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO WIND
0600 PM SULLIVAN NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CHESHIRE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO WIND
0603 PM ATHOL MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WORCESTER LIMBS DOWN...SIZE UNKNOWN
0605 PM SHELBURNE MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 2
0605 PM WINCHENDON MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WORCESTER *** 2 DEAD ***
TWO FATALITIES AS TREE
FELL ON A CAR ON RTE 202
PER WINCHENDON PD
0610 PM NORTHFIELD MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT
0610 PM TEMPLETON MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WORCESTER POWER OUTAGES DUE TO WIND
0610 PM WINCHENDON MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WORCESTER WIND GUSTS 65 MPH
ESTIMATED
0615 PM ANTRIM NH
05/31/98 HILLSBOROUGH LIGHTNING STRUCK GREAT
BROOK SCHOOL BY
HILLSBOROUGH PD
0615 PM ANTRIM NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 HILLSBOROUGH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0620 PM DEERFIELD MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 FRANKLIN 1 TREE DOWN
0620 PM NASHUA NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 HILLSBOROUGH ESTIMATED 65 MPH IN SOUTH
NASHUA BY PRIVATE
METEOROLOGIST
0622 PM TOWNSEND MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MIDDLESEX ANEMOMETER SUSTAINED 55
MPH...LIMBS DOWN
0623 PM PEPPERELL MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MIDDLESEX *** 1 INJ ***
TWO TREES DOWN. ONE
TOTALED A CAR WITH 1
PERSON SLIGHTLY INJ BUT
REFUSED TREATMENT.
POWERLINES DOWN ALL OVER
TOO.
0630 PM NASHUA NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 HILLSBOROUGH TREES DOWN SOUTHWEST PART
OF NASHUA
0630 PM PHILLIPSTON MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 WORCESTER TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON
ROYALSTON ROAD
0630 PM NASHUA NH WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 HILLSBOROUGH LARGE PINE TREES DOWN BY
NWS EMPLOYEE
0635 PM SOUTH DEERFIELD MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 FRANKLIN 1 TREE DOWN
0640 PM GROTON MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MIDDLESEX 4 INCH DIAMETER LIMB
DOWNED ON RTE 40
0645 PM HAVERHILL MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ESSEX TREES DOWNLocal storm report, May 31, 7:31 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
731 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0704 PM METHUEN MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ESSEX TREES DOWN BY THE METHUEN
PDLocal storm report, May 31, 7:43 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
743 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM COLRAIN MA WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN IN MUCH OF
FRANKLIN CPOUNTY...BETWEEN
1730-1800 EDT. ALSO
CONWAY...GILL...LEYD
EN...NORTHFIELD...WARWICKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 50 min |
| May 31, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 61 min |
| May 31, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 64 min |
| May 31, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 62 min |
| May 31, 10:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Worcester | 35 min |
| May 31, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 66 min |
| May 31, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk | 45 min |
| May 31, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 47 min |
| May 31, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Suffolk | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 1998Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.