Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 24, 1999Norfolk County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1999, 11:17 PM EDT for Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 24, 1999, 11:17 PM EDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1999, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

County Norfolk County, MA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 24, 11:20 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Wrentham, 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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 1999-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1341 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 1999-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBOX 250319
SVRBOS
MAC021-250400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1117 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSSETTS
    INCLUDING QUINCY

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.

* AT 1113 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WRENTHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WALPOLE...SHARON
  RANDOLPH...HOLBROOK...FOXBOROUGH...CANTON AND BRAINTREE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR WIND STRONG ENOUGH TO
KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

$$
RMT/FN

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.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 24, 9:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 9:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
930 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1999

DISC:  LAST OF CURRENT INSTBY LINGERING ACRS NE MA.  THIS IS BEING
REPLACED BY DRIER AIR AND THIS COMBINED WITH ABSENCE OF DAYTIME
HEATING IS BRING AND END TO CNVTN.  SO EXCP THE LAST OF TSTMS NE TO
END WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.  CELLS CONT TO MOV E BUT CURRENTLY
IS A TENDENCY FOR SML CELL TO REDEVELOP TO W.

THEN SHUD BE FAIRLY QUIET OVR NGT WITH PTCHS OF F DUE TO THE SHWRS
AND HI DEW PTS AT SFC.  THE UPR THERMAL RDG WL CONT MOV EWD.  UPR
CAA MOVG INTO SNE LATE TNGT AND ON SUN.  THE LN OF SHWRS/TSTMS
ENTERING WRN NY ALIGNS CLOSELY TO THE APCH OF THE COOLER AIR ALF.
CURRENT EWD MOVMT OF THESE SHUD BRING THEM ACRS THE FCST AREA LATE
TNGT.  BUT IN ABSENCE OF DAYTIME HEATING DOUBT IF ANY WL BE SVR.

THEN SOMEWHAT COOLER SUN INTO MON SPCLY N PTN FCST AREA AS UPR LOW
MOVS SEWD ACRS NRN NEW ENGLAND.  WITH THE COOLER AIR ALF AND SFC
TROFr CONTG ACRS SNE APPRS CHC OF SHWRS AND TSTMS AGAIN SUN AFTN BUT
WITH AIR A LTL DRIER AND LWR DEW PTS ONLY SML CHC OF SVR.

.BOX...NONE.

DMH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 24, 5:53 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
553 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1999

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

0302 PM    EASTFORD                  CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WINDHAM                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          VIA AMATEUR RADIO.

0420 PM    NEWINGTON                 CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          NEWINGTON ALONG WITH 10
                                          INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0420 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN NEW BRITAIN PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0435 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0435 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
                                          BLOWN DOWN...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0437 PM    HARTFORD                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TWO INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO...IN THE ELMWOOD
                                          AREA.

0438 PM    NEWINGTON                 CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES DOWN ON SOUTH MAIN
                                          STREET AND WEST HARTFORD
                                          ROAD.  PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0440 PM    MANCHESTER                CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0441 PM    HARTFORD                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       LARGE TREES UPROOTED IN
                                          HARTFORD...REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0443 PM    GLASTONBURY               CT   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       PING PONG BALL HAIL PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0446 PM    HAVERHILL                 MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          HAVERHILL BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0449 PM    WEST HARTFORD             CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES DOWN...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0455 PM    BOLTON                    CT   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0455 PM    ANDOVER                   CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        DIME HAIL REPORTED...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0455 PM    NEWBURYPORT               MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL IN
                                          NEWBURYPORT...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0505 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0507 PM    ANDOVER                   CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        TREES DOWN...PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0507 PM    COVENTRY                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        TREES DOWN...PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0511 PM    NORTHBOROUGH              MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0513 PM    WILLINGTON                CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0515 PM    NORTHBOROUGH              MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      2 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          AND A TELEPHONE POLE
                                          DOWN...PER SPOTTER.

0516 PM    IPSWICH                   MA   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          1.5 INCH HAIL REPORTED PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0517 PM    LITTLETON                 MA   .88 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTEDLY LASTED FOR 10
                                          MINUTES UNTIL 527 PM PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0518 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0525 PM    WESTFORD                  MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY METEOROLOGY STUDENT.

0525 PM    ACTON                     MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0525 PM    SHREWSBURY                MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      4 TO 6 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                          DOWN...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0540 PM    SHIRLEY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWNED
                                          PER SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0544 PM    POMFRET                   CT   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WINDHAM                        QUARTER SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0546 PM    MARLBORO                  MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND
                                          ROAD CLOSURES PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0547 PM    BEDFORD                   MA   58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      GUST TO 58 MPH REPORTED AT
                                          HANSCOM AFB ON OBSERVATION.

0602 PM    SAUGUS                    MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME HAIL PER AMATEUR RADIO

0603 PM    PEABODY                   MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL BEGAN AT
                                          603 PM AND INCREASED TO QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL AT 608 PM...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0605 PM    LYNNFIELD                 MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0607 PM    WEST PEABODY              MA   .88 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          NICKEL SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0610 PM    MIDDLETON                 MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON WALNUT
                                          STREET.  REPORTED BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO AS HEARD ON SCANNER.

0615 PM    PEABODY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN
                                          ON LOWE STREET...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0615 PM    DANVERS                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

FIELD
Local storm report, Jul 24, 5:53 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
553 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1999

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

0302 PM    EASTFORD                  CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WINDHAM                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          VIA AMATEUR RADIO.

0420 PM    NEWINGTON                 CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          NEWINGTON ALONG WITH 10
                                          INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0420 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN NEW BRITAIN PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0435 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0435 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
                                          BLOWN DOWN...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0437 PM    HARTFORD                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TWO INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO...IN THE ELMWOOD
                                          AREA.

0438 PM    NEWINGTON                 CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES DOWN ON SOUTH MAIN
                                          STREET AND WEST HARTFORD
                                          ROAD.  PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0440 PM    MANCHESTER                CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0441 PM    HARTFORD                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       LARGE TREES UPROOTED IN
                                          HARTFORD...REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0443 PM    GLASTONBURY               CT   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       PING PONG BALL HAIL PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0446 PM    HAVERHILL                 MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          HAVERHILL BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0449 PM    WEST HARTFORD             CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES DOWN...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0455 PM    BOLTON                    CT   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0455 PM    ANDOVER                   CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        DIME HAIL REPORTED...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0455 PM    NEWBURYPORT               MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL IN
                                          NEWBURYPORT...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0505 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0507 PM    ANDOVER                   CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        TREES DOWN...PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0507 PM    COVENTRY                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        TREES DOWN...PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0511 PM    NORTHBOROUGH              MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0513 PM    WILLINGTON                CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0515 PM    NORTHBOROUGH              MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      2 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          AND A TELEPHONE POLE
                                          DOWN...PER SPOTTER.

0516 PM    IPSWICH                   MA   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          1.5 INCH HAIL REPORTED PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0517 PM    LITTLETON                 MA   .88 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTEDLY LASTED FOR 10
                                          MINUTES UNTIL 527 PM PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0518 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0525 PM    WESTFORD                  MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY METEOROLOGY STUDENT.

0525 PM    ACTON                     MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0525 PM    SHREWSBURY                MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      4 TO 6 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                          DOWN...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0540 PM    SHIRLEY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWNED
                                          PER SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0544 PM    POMFRET                   CT   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WINDHAM                        QUARTER SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0546 PM    MARLBORO                  MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND
                                          ROAD CLOSURES PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0547 PM    BEDFORD                   MA   58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      GUST TO 58 MPH REPORTED AT
                                          HANSCOM AFB ON OBSERVATION.

0602 PM    SAUGUS                    MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME HAIL PER AMATEUR RADIO

0603 PM    PEABODY                   MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL BEGAN AT
                                          603 PM AND INCREASED TO QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL AT 608 PM...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0605 PM    LYNNFIELD                 MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0607 PM    WEST PEABODY              MA   .88 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          NICKEL SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0610 PM    MIDDLETON                 MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON WALNUT
                                          STREET.  REPORTED BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO AS HEARD ON SCANNER.

0615 PM    PEABODY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN
                                          ON LOWE STREET...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0615 PM    DANVERS                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

FIELD
Local storm report, Jul 24, 7:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
720 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1999

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

0302 PM    EASTFORD                  CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WINDHAM                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          VIA AMATEUR RADIO.

0420 PM    NEWINGTON                 CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          NEWINGTON ALONG WITH 10
                                          INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0420 PM    MANCHESTER                NH   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HILLSBOROUGH                   QUARTER SIZE HAIL PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO. TIME ESTIMATED
                                          BASED ON RADAR.

0420 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN NEW BRITAIN PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0435 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0435 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
                                          BLOWN DOWN...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0437 PM    HARTFORD                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TWO INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO...IN THE ELMWOOD
                                          AREA.

0438 PM    NEWINGTON                 CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES DOWN ON SOUTH MAIN
                                          STREET AND WEST HARTFORD
                                          ROAD.  PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0440 PM    MANCHESTER                CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0441 PM    HARTFORD                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       LARGE TREES UPROOTED IN
                                          HARTFORD...REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0443 PM    GLASTONBURY               CT   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       PING PONG BALL HAIL PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0446 PM    HAVERHILL                 MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          HAVERHILL BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0449 PM    WEST HARTFORD             CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES DOWN...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0455 PM    BOLTON                    CT   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0455 PM    ANDOVER                   CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        DIME HAIL REPORTED...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0455 PM    NEWBURYPORT               MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL IN
                                          NEWBURYPORT...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0505 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0507 PM    ANDOVER                   CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        TREES DOWN...PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0507 PM    COVENTRY                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        TREES DOWN...PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0511 PM    NORTHBOROUGH              MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0513 PM    WILLINGTON                CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0515 PM    NORTHBOROUGH              MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      2 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          AND A TELEPHONE POLE
                                          DOWN...PER SPOTTER.

0516 PM    IPSWICH                   MA   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          1.5 INCH HAIL REPORTED PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0517 PM    LITTLETON                 MA   .88 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTEDLY LASTED FOR 10
                                          MINUTES UNTIL 527 PM PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0518 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0525 PM    WESTFORD                  MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY METEOROLOGY STUDENT.

0525 PM    ACTON                     MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0525 PM    SHREWSBURY                MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      4 TO 6 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                          DOWN...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0540 PM    SHIRLEY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWNED
                                          PER SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0544 PM    POMFRET                   CT   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WINDHAM                        QUARTER SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0546 PM    MARLBORO                  MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND
                                          ROAD CLOSURES PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0547 PM    BEDFORD                   MA   58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      GUST TO 58 MPH REPORTED AT
                                          HANSCOM AFB ON OBSERVATION.

0600 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0602 PM    SAUGUS                    MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME HAIL PER AMATEUR RADIO

0603 PM    PEABODY                   MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL BEGAN AT
                                          603 PM AND INCREASED TO QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL AT 608 PM...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0605 PM    LYNNFIELD                 MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0605 PM    WAKEFIELD                 MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0607 PM    WEST PEABODY              MA   .88 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          NICKEL SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0610 PM    MIDDLETON                 MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON WALNUT
                                          STREET.  REPORTED BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO AS HEARD ON SCANNER.

0610 PM    WAKEFIELD                 MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0615 PM    PEABODY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN
                                          ON LOWE STREET...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0615 PM    DANVERS                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0630 PM    ANDOVER                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          2 TO 3.5 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0630 PM    DANVERS                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES UPROOTED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0633 PM    PEABODY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOF AND
                                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON
                                          LOWELL STREET...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0645 PM    CHICOPEE                  MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HAMPDEN                        DIME SIZE HAIL...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

FIELD
Local storm report, Jul 24, 7:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
720 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1999

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

0302 PM    EASTFORD                  CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WINDHAM                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          VIA AMATEUR RADIO.

0420 PM    NEWINGTON                 CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          NEWINGTON ALONG WITH 10
                                          INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0420 PM    MANCHESTER                NH   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HILLSBOROUGH                   QUARTER SIZE HAIL PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO. TIME ESTIMATED
                                          BASED ON RADAR.

0420 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN NEW BRITAIN PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0435 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0435 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
                                          BLOWN DOWN...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0437 PM    HARTFORD                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TWO INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO...IN THE ELMWOOD
                                          AREA.

0438 PM    NEWINGTON                 CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES DOWN ON SOUTH MAIN
                                          STREET AND WEST HARTFORD
                                          ROAD.  PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0440 PM    MANCHESTER                CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0441 PM    HARTFORD                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       LARGE TREES UPROOTED IN
                                          HARTFORD...REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0443 PM    GLASTONBURY               CT   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       PING PONG BALL HAIL PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0446 PM    HAVERHILL                 MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          HAVERHILL BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0449 PM    WEST HARTFORD             CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES DOWN...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0455 PM    BOLTON                    CT   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0455 PM    ANDOVER                   CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        DIME HAIL REPORTED...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0455 PM    NEWBURYPORT               MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL IN
                                          NEWBURYPORT...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0505 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0507 PM    ANDOVER                   CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        TREES DOWN...PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0507 PM    COVENTRY                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        TREES DOWN...PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0511 PM    NORTHBOROUGH              MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0513 PM    WILLINGTON                CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0515 PM    NORTHBOROUGH              MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      2 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          AND A TELEPHONE POLE
                                          DOWN...PER SPOTTER.

0516 PM    IPSWICH                   MA   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          1.5 INCH HAIL REPORTED PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0517 PM    LITTLETON                 MA   .88 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTEDLY LASTED FOR 10
                                          MINUTES UNTIL 527 PM PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0518 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0525 PM    WESTFORD                  MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY METEOROLOGY STUDENT.

0525 PM    ACTON                     MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0525 PM    SHREWSBURY                MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      4 TO 6 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                          DOWN...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0540 PM    SHIRLEY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWNED
                                          PER SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0544 PM    POMFRET                   CT   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WINDHAM                        QUARTER SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0546 PM    MARLBORO                  MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND
                                          ROAD CLOSURES PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0547 PM    BEDFORD                   MA   58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      GUST TO 58 MPH REPORTED AT
                                          HANSCOM AFB ON OBSERVATION.

0600 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0602 PM    SAUGUS                    MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME HAIL PER AMATEUR RADIO

0603 PM    PEABODY                   MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL BEGAN AT
                                          603 PM AND INCREASED TO QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL AT 608 PM...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0605 PM    LYNNFIELD                 MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0605 PM    WAKEFIELD                 MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0607 PM    WEST PEABODY              MA   .88 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          NICKEL SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0610 PM    MIDDLETON                 MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON WALNUT
                                          STREET.  REPORTED BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO AS HEARD ON SCANNER.

0610 PM    WAKEFIELD                 MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0615 PM    PEABODY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN
                                          ON LOWE STREET...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0615 PM    DANVERS                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0630 PM    ANDOVER                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          2 TO 3.5 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0630 PM    DANVERS                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES UPROOTED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0633 PM    PEABODY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOF AND
                                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON
                                          LOWELL STREET...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0645 PM    CHICOPEE                  MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HAMPDEN                        DIME SIZE HAIL...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

FIELD
Local storm report, Jul 24, 9:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
950 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1999

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

0302 PM    EASTFORD                  CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WINDHAM                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          VIA AMATEUR RADIO.

0420 PM    NEWINGTON                 CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          NEWINGTON ALONG WITH 10
                                          INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0420 PM    MANCHESTER                NH   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HILLSBOROUGH                   QUARTER SIZE HAIL PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO. TIME ESTIMATED
                                          BASED ON RADAR.

0420 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN NEW BRITAIN PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0430 PM    WEST HARTFORD             CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES DOWN
                                          ...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0435 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0435 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
                                          BLOWN DOWN...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0437 PM    HARTFORD                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TWO INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO...IN THE ELMWOOD
                                          AREA.

0438 PM    NEWINGTON                 CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES DOWN ON SOUTH MAIN
                                          STREET AND WEST HARTFORD
                                          ROAD.  PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0440 PM    MANCHESTER                CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0441 PM    HARTFORD                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       LARGE TREES UPROOTED IN
                                          HARTFORD...REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0443 PM    GLASTONBURY               CT   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       PING PONG BALL HAIL PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0446 PM    HAVERHILL                 MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          HAVERHILL BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0449 PM    WEST HARTFORD             CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES DOWN...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0455 PM    BOLTON                    CT   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0455 PM    ANDOVER                   CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        DIME HAIL REPORTED...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0455 PM    NEWBURYPORT               MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL IN
                                          NEWBURYPORT...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0505 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0507 PM    ANDOVER                   CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        TREES DOWN...PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0507 PM    COVENTRY                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        TREES DOWN...PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0511 PM    NORTHBOROUGH              MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0513 PM    WILLINGTON                CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0515 PM    NORTHBOROUGH              MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      2 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          AND A TELEPHONE POLE
                                          DOWN...PER SPOTTER.

0516 PM    IPSWICH                   MA   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          1.5 INCH HAIL REPORTED PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0517 PM    LITTLETON                 MA   .88 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTEDLY LASTED FOR 10
                                          MINUTES UNTIL 527 PM PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0518 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0525 PM    WESTFORD                  MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY METEOROLOGY STUDENT.

0525 PM    ACTON                     MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0525 PM    SHREWSBURY                MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      4 TO 6 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                          DOWN...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0536 PM    LITTLETON                 MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME SIZE HAIL PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0536 PM    LITTLETON                 MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      LARGE BRANCHES DOWNED
                                          PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0540 PM    SHIRLEY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWNED
                                          PER SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0544 PM    POMFRET                   CT   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WINDHAM                        QUARTER SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0546 PM    MARLBORO                  MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND
                                          ROAD CLOSURES PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0547 PM    BEDFORD                   MA   58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      GUST TO 58 MPH REPORTED AT
                                          HANSCOM AFB ON OBSERVATION.

0600 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0600 PM    NORTH READING             MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      2 TREES DOWN ON MARBLE AND
                                          NORTH STREETS AND WIRES DOWN
                                          ON RTE. 62.  PER AMATEUR RADIO

0602 PM    SAUGUS                    MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME HAIL PER AMATEUR RADIO

0603 PM    PEABODY                   MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL BEGAN AT
                                          603 PM AND INCREASED TO QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL AT 608 PM...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0605 PM    LYNNFIELD                 MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0605 PM    WAKEFIELD                 MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0607 PM    WEST PEABODY              MA   .88 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          NICKEL SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0610 PM    MIDDLETON                 MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON WALNUT
                                          STREET.  REPORTED BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO AS HEARD ON SCANNER.

0610 PM    WAKEFIELD                 MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0615 PM    PEABODY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN
                                          ON LOWE STREET...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0615 PM    DANVERS                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0620 PM    PEABODY                   MA   73 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES DOWNED BLOCKING RTE. 1
                                          AND MEASURED WIND GUST PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0630 PM    ANDOVER                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          2 TO 3.5 INCH DIAMETER
                                          BRANCHES DOWNED...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0630 PM    DANVERS                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES UPROOTED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0633 PM    PEABODY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOF AND
                                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON
                                          LOWELL STREET...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0635 PM    DANVERS                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          4 TO 5 TREES DOWN AND
                                          WIRES DOWN.  DAMAGE TO TRAILER
                                          AND CAR FROM DOWNED TREES.
                                          PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0645 PM    CHICOPEE                  MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HAMPDEN                        DIME SIZE HAIL...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0645 PM    BARRE                     MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      2 TREES DOWN ON CUTLER RD.
                                          REPORTED BY BARRE FIRE DEPT

0813 PM    GROVELAND                 MA   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/99   ESSEX                          MEASURED GUST...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO

0825 PM    AMESBURY                  MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0905 PM    DEDHAM                    MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   NORFOLK                        WIRES DOWN...PER AMATEUR RADIO

0947 PM    BOSTON                    MA   74 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/99   SUFFOLK                        MEASURED 74 MPH WIND GUST BY
                                          LOGAN AIRPORT ASOS.

FIELD
Local storm report, Jul 24, 10:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED LOGAN AIRPORT GUST TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
1008 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1999

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

0302 PM    EASTFORD                  CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WINDHAM                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          VIA AMATEUR RADIO.

0420 PM    NEWINGTON                 CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          NEWINGTON ALONG WITH 10
                                          INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0420 PM    MANCHESTER                NH   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HILLSBOROUGH                   QUARTER SIZE HAIL PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO. TIME ESTIMATED
                                          BASED ON RADAR.

0420 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN NEW BRITAIN PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0430 PM    WEST HARTFORD             CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES DOWN
                                          ...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0435 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0435 PM    NEW BRITAIN               CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
                                          BLOWN DOWN...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0437 PM    HARTFORD                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TWO INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                          DOWNED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO...IN THE ELMWOOD
                                          AREA.

0438 PM    NEWINGTON                 CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES DOWN ON SOUTH MAIN
                                          STREET AND WEST HARTFORD
                                          ROAD.  PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0440 PM    MANCHESTER                CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0441 PM    HARTFORD                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       LARGE TREES UPROOTED IN
                                          HARTFORD...REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0443 PM    GLASTONBURY               CT   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       PING PONG BALL HAIL PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0446 PM    HAVERHILL                 MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          HAVERHILL BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0449 PM    WEST HARTFORD             CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   HARTFORD                       TREES DOWN...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0455 PM    BOLTON                    CT   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0455 PM    ANDOVER                   CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        DIME HAIL REPORTED...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0455 PM    NEWBURYPORT               MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL IN
                                          NEWBURYPORT...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0505 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0507 PM    ANDOVER                   CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        TREES DOWN...PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0507 PM    COVENTRY                  CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        TREES DOWN...PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0511 PM    NORTHBOROUGH              MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0513 PM    WILLINGTON                CT   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   TOLLAND                        DIME SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0515 PM    NORTHBOROUGH              MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      2 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES
                                          AND A TELEPHONE POLE
                                          DOWN...PER SPOTTER.

0516 PM    IPSWICH                   MA   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          1.5 INCH HAIL REPORTED PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0517 PM    LITTLETON                 MA   .88 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTEDLY LASTED FOR 10
                                          MINUTES UNTIL 527 PM PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0518 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0525 PM    WESTFORD                  MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY METEOROLOGY STUDENT.

0525 PM    ACTON                     MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0525 PM    SHREWSBURY                MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      4 TO 6 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                          DOWN...PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0536 PM    LITTLETON                 MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME SIZE HAIL PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0536 PM    LITTLETON                 MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      LARGE BRANCHES DOWNED
                                          PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0540 PM    SHIRLEY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWNED
                                          PER SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0544 PM    POMFRET                   CT   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   WINDHAM                        QUARTER SIZE HAIL...PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0546 PM    MARLBORO                  MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND
                                          ROAD CLOSURES PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0547 PM    BEDFORD                   MA   58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      GUST TO 58 MPH REPORTED AT
                                          HANSCOM AFB ON OBSERVATION.

0600 PM    ROWLEY                    MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0600 PM    NORTH READING             MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      2 TREES DOWN ON MARBLE AND
                                          NORTH STREETS AND WIRES DOWN
                                          ON RTE. 62.  PER AMATEUR RADIO

0602 PM    SAUGUS                    MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME HAIL PER AMATEUR RADIO

0603 PM    PEABODY                   MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          DIME SIZE HAIL BEGAN AT
                                          603 PM AND INCREASED TO QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL AT 608 PM...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0605 PM    LYNNFIELD                 MA   1 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0605 PM    WAKEFIELD                 MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      DIME SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0607 PM    WEST PEABODY              MA   .88 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   ESSEX                          NICKEL SIZE HAIL PER SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0610 PM    MIDDLETON                 MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON WALNUT
                                          STREET.  REPORTED BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO AS HEARD ON SCANNER.

0610 PM    WAKEFIELD                 MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   MIDDLESEX                      LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0615 PM    PEABODY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN
                                          ON LOWE STREET...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0615 PM    DANVERS                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0620 PM    PEABODY                   MA   73 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES DOWNED BLOCKING RTE. 1
                                          AND MEASURED WIND GUST PER
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

0630 PM    ANDOVER                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          2 TO 3.5 INCH DIAMETER
                                          BRANCHES DOWNED...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0630 PM    DANVERS                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES UPROOTED...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0633 PM    PEABODY                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOF AND
                                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON
                                          LOWELL STREET...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0635 PM    DANVERS                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          4 TO 5 TREES DOWN AND
                                          WIRES DOWN.  DAMAGE TO TRAILER
                                          AND CAR FROM DOWNED TREES.
                                          PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0645 PM    CHICOPEE                  MA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/24/99   HAMPDEN                        DIME SIZE HAIL...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0645 PM    BARRE                     MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   WORCESTER                      2 TREES DOWN ON CUTLER RD.
                                          REPORTED BY BARRE FIRE DEPT

0813 PM    GROVELAND                 MA   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/99   ESSEX                          MEASURED GUST...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO

0825 PM    AMESBURY                  MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   ESSEX                          TREES AND WIRES DOWN...PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0905 PM    DEDHAM                    MA   WIND DAMAGE
07/24/99   NORFOLK                        WIRES DOWN...PER AMATEUR RADIO

0945 PM    BOSTON                    MA   74 MPH TSTM GUST
07/24/99   SUFFOLK                        MEASURED 74 MPH WIND GUST BY
                                          LOGAN AIRPORT ASOS.

FIELD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex40 min
Jul 24, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex, Norfolk34 min
Jul 25, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex51 min
Jul 25, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXSuffolk43 min
Jul 25, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol52 min
Jul 25, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXPlymouth54 min
Jul 25, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex65 min
Jul 25, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNorfolk54 min
Jul 25, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXPlymouth47 min
Jul 25, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex47 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.