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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 31, 1998

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 9:55 PM EDT. It was in force for 35 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, 9:55 PM EDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1998, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
955 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 950 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF WINDSOR... MOVING EAST NEAR 40
  MPH.

* TOWNS IN/NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ELLINGTON...VERNON AND TOLLAND BY 1005 PM
  STAFFORD TO WILLINGTON AND MANSFIELD BY 1025 PM

THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS TO 65 MPH IN HARTFORD COUNTY.

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, 9:07 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
907 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0830 PM    SURRY                     NH   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CHESHIRE                       FROM FAMILY OF THE POLICE
                                          CHIEF

Local storm report, May 31, 9:10 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
910 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0907 PM    BUCKLAND                  MA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   FRANKLIN                       HAM RADIO OPR REPORT

Local storm report, May 31, 9:37 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
937 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0930 PM    SOUTH HADLEY              MA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   HAMPSHIRE

0935 PM    CHICOPEE                  MA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   HAMPDEN

Local storm report, May 31, 9:37 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
937 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0930 PM    SOUTH HADLEY              MA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   HAMPSHIRE

0935 PM    CHICOPEE                  MA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   HAMPDEN

Local storm report, May 31, 9:40 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
940 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0932 PM    GRANBY                    MA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   HAMPSHIRE

Local storm report, May 31, 9:43 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
943 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0940 PM    WEST SPRINGFIELD          MA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   HAMPDEN                        HAM RADIO OPERATOR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	64 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.