Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 11:43 AM EDT for Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 37 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 26, 1998, 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 12:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barnstable County, MA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Marstons Mills, 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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 643 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
160 WUUS1 KBOS 261548 RRA SVRBOS MAC001-261615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1143 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...BARNSTABLE COUNTY * UNTIL 1220 PM EDT * AT 1140 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF HYANNIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * TOWNS IN/NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BARNSTABLE AT 1150 AM SOUTH YARMOUTH AT NOON IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...VERY FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. GET AWAY FROM OPEN FIELDS...BODIES OF WATER...AND TALL OBJECTS. 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
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MAZ002>024-RIZALL-CTZ002>004-NHZ011>012-270600- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 1030 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINS IS POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS THE THREAT...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 5 PM AND MIDNIGHT...THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MAZ002>024-RIZALL-CTZ002>004-NHZ011>012-270600- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 1030 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINS IS POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS THE THREAT...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 5 PM AND MIDNIGHT...THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADS.
Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:07 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
1107 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0130 AM WELLESLEY MA WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 NORFOLK TREES AND WIRES DOWN PER
POLICE AND FIRE DEPT. TIME
APPROXIMATE BAnSED ON FIRE
DEPT LOG
JLLocal storm report, Jun 26, 11:07 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
1107 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0130 AM WELLESLEY MA WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 NORFOLK TREES AND WIRES DOWN PER
POLICE AND FIRE DEPT. TIME
APPROXIMATE BAnSED ON FIRE
DEPT LOG
JLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.