Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Jun 22, 1997, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 22, 1997, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Area

Whole counties

County Plymouth County, MA

The Boston radar (KBOX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

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SVRBOS
MAC023-222100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
400 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...PLYMOUTH COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
 
AT 358 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH INTO PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
LJC/DCY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1030 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 1997

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...

HAZY...HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE ISLAND...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE...PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER.  LOCALLY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS
ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME HAIL...BUT THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE
FROM DAMAGING WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS FAR WESTERN SECTIONS
DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE AREA DURING THE MID AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  PEOPLE PLANNING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AS THE AFTERNOON
PROGRESSES...AND REALIZE THAT PLANS MAY NEED TO BE CUT SHORT
SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS MOVE IN.  MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD BE READY TO
HEAD BACK TO SAFE HARBOR SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOU FAVORITE RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCHES THIS AFTERNOON.

CZEPYHA

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.