Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 6:34 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 36 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, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 7:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 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, 7:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Sandwich, 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, 10.6 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.
000 TTAA00 KBOS 262234 RRA SVRBOS MAC001-262310- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 634 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN BARNSTABLE IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS * UNTIL 710 PM EDT * AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BOURNE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * TOWNS IN/NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... SANDWICH BY 640 PM AND NORTH BARNSTABLE BY 650 PM THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND DIME SIZE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO KNO4CK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DRV/WB
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, Jun 26, 5:55 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
555 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0546 PM NORTH DARTMOUTH MA WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 BRISTOL BRANCHS AND POWERLINES
DOWN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:11 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
611 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0546 PM NORTH DARTMOUTH MA WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 BRISTOL BRANCHS AND POWERLINES
DOWN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER.
0605 PM NEW BEDFORD MA .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 BRISTOL DIME HAIL REPORTED BY HAM
RADIO SPOTTER.
0606 PM FAIRHAVEN MA .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 BRISTOL REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 11:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 65 min |
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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.