Alert archive / Connecticut / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1998, 7:56 PM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 59 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
- Jun 30, 1998, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1998, 8:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 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, 11.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 640 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 302356 RRA SVRBOS CTC003-010055- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 756 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT * UNTIL 855 PM EDT * AT 755 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WEST HARTFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * TOWNS IN/NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BLOOMFIELD AT 800 PM WINDSOR AT 805 PM WINDSOR LOCKS AT 815 PM EAST WINDSOR AT 830 PM IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.D DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. JL/TF
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 30, 3:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK SPILLING
OVER ITS BANKS
1045 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK 5 FEET OUT
OF BANK.
1200 PM CUMBERLAND RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE SMALL STREAMS IN
FLOOD...ROADS WASHED OUT
AND MANHOLE COVERS BEING
LIFTED UP FROM TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND RUNOFF.
1210 PM MANSFIELD MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL ROADS
IMPASSABLE...UNDERPASSES
TO ROUTE 106 AND NORTH
MAIN STREETS IMPASSABLE
WITH WATER SEVERAL FEET
DEEP.
0100 PM FOSTER RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE PONAGANSET RIVER HAS RISEN
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BASED ON
GAGE REPORT.
0115 PM ATTLEBORO MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL 10 MILE RIVER REPORTED OUT
OF ITS BANKS FLOODING A
NEARBY ROAD.
0200 PM LINCOLN RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE TRIBUTARIES TO THE
BLACKSTONE RIVER ARE IN
FLOOD AFFECTING NEARBY
HOMES.
0230 PM BROCKTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 PLYMOUTH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG
BELMONT AVENUE.
EVACUATION OF LOCAL
RESIDENTS IS BEING
CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.
0230 PM PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE LOUISQUISSET RIVER
REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS.Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK SPILLING
OVER ITS BANKS
1045 AM STOUGHTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 NORFOLK WESTWOOD BROOK 5 FEET OUT
OF BANK.
1200 PM CUMBERLAND RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE SMALL STREAMS IN
FLOOD...ROADS WASHED OUT
AND MANHOLE COVERS BEING
LIFTED UP FROM TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND RUNOFF.
1210 PM MANSFIELD MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL ROADS
IMPASSABLE...UNDERPASSES
TO ROUTE 106 AND NORTH
MAIN STREETS IMPASSABLE
WITH WATER SEVERAL FEET
DEEP.
0100 PM FOSTER RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE PONAGANSET RIVER HAS RISEN
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BASED ON
GAGE REPORT.
0115 PM ATTLEBORO MA FLOODING
06/30/98 BRISTOL 10 MILE RIVER REPORTED OUT
OF ITS BANKS FLOODING A
NEARBY ROAD.
0200 PM LINCOLN RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE TRIBUTARIES TO THE
BLACKSTONE RIVER ARE IN
FLOOD AFFECTING NEARBY
HOMES.
0230 PM BROCKTON MA FLOODING
06/30/98 PLYMOUTH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG
BELMONT AVENUE.
EVACUATION OF LOCAL
RESIDENTS IS BEING
CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.
0230 PM PROVIDENCE RI FLOODING
06/30/98 PROVIDENCE LOUISQUISSET RIVER
REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS.Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
MAZ002>024-RIZALL-CTZ002>004-NHZ011>012-ANZ230>237-250-255-010400- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 430 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 ...THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FURTHER FLOODING IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CONTINUES THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE AND PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT...POSING A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR...THE MOST LIKELY TIME OF IMPACT FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT IS BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM...FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM...AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. MARINERS AND RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION IN PLANNING EARLY TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ARE REQUESTED TO BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE FURTHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES AbND WARNINGS. JL
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
MAZ002>024-RIZALL-CTZ002>004-NHZ011>012-ANZ230>237-250-255-010400- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA 430 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998 ...THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FURTHER FLOODING IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CONTINUES THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE AND PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT...POSING A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR...THE MOST LIKELY TIME OF IMPACT FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT IS BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM...FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM...AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. MARINERS AND RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION IN PLANNING EARLY TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ARE REQUESTED TO BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE FURTHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES AbND WARNINGS. JL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 4 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.