Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 28, 2001Worcester County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2001, 5:38 PM EDT for Worcester 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: May 28, 2001, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2001, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Whole counties

County Worcester County, MA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 5:45 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	New Braintree, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 28, 12:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBOX 282138
SVRBOX
MAC027-282215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
538 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
    INCLUDING FITCHBURG...LEOMINSTER

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.

* AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BARRE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF
  AMHERST...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WESTMINSTER...
  TEMPLETON...STERLING...PRINCETON...LUNENBURG...LANCASTER AND
  HUBBARDSTON.

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

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 May 28, 2:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
253 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

ON GOING SVR WX ACRS THE FCST AREA IS CONCENTRATED IN A BAND EXTD FM
WRN MA TO SW NH AND NRN MIDDLESEX COUNTY.  CNVTN ACRS SRN HLF OF
THE FA NOT ASSOCD WITH AS INTNS CELLS ALSO SGFNT CELLS APPR TO BE
APCHG MVY AND ACK.

CLDS AND SHWRS ACRS MUCH OF CNTRL AND SRN PART OF FCST AREA HAVE
HELD MAX TEMPS FM RCHG MID 70S.  THIS PROBLY HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE WKR CNVTN S.  TEMPS ALF COLDER NWWD WHICH PRBLY ACCOUNTS
FOR THE THE MORE SVR CELLS WHICH HAVE HAD NUMEROUS RPTS OF HAIL, THE
LARGEST OF WHICH HAS BEEN 1.5 INCH.

MODEL SHOW SFC AND UPR TROF MOVG RPDLY EWD ACRS SNE THIS EVE.  THE
POSITIVE OMEGA WL BE REPLACED BY DVV DURG EVE.  AT SAME TIME LOW
LVL WND WL VEER TO MORE WSW.  THE DRYING AND DVV WL CUT OFF ALL
SHWRS AND EXPC GENLY A PTLY CLDY NGT AS THE WX MOVS OFSHR.

TEMPS WARMER ON TUE DUE TO MORE SUN AND WITH STILL COOL AIR ALF EXCP
CHC OF SHWRS WITH SLT CHC OF TSTMS AGAIN TUE AFTN TO TUE EVE.  GOING
WITH ETA MODEL FOR TUE NGT HOLDING SFC LOW/TROF FAR ENUF S SUCH
THAT PCPN STAYS WELL SE OF SNE.

UPR LOW PASSING JUST TO NE OF THE FCST AREA ON WED WL RESULT IN
COOLER TEMPS AND INCRG SFC PRES GRAD AS SFC HI BLDS EWD TWD SNE FM
THE GT LAKES.

.BOX...A SCA MAY BE REQ TUE NGT ALL CSTL WATERS EXCP BOS HARBOR AND
NARR BAY.  SVRBOX MAY CONT TO BE ISSUED FOR NEXT SVR HRS DUE TO THE
STG CELLS NRN PART OF FA.

DMH

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 2:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
426 PM EDT WED JUN 07 2000

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

1030 PM    STERLING                  MA   NON TSTM WINDS
06/06/00   WORCESTER                      LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN

1030 PM    WEST BOYLSTON             MA   NON TSTM WINDS
06/06/00   WORCESTER                      LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN

1150 PM    STOUGHTON                 MA   NON TSTM WINDS
06/06/00   NORFOLK                        LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON
                                          MAPLE STREET

1150 PM    HOLBROOK                  MA   NON TSTM WINDS
06/06/00   NORFOLK                        LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON
                                          WEYMOUTH STREET

1150 PM    LEICESTER                 MA   NON TSTM WINDS
06/06/00   WORCESTER                      LARGE TREE DOWN AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN

1200 AM    BEVERLY                   MA   NON TSTM WINDS
06/07/00   ESSEX                          LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN TIME
                                          ESTIMATED

1200 AM    NORWOOD                   MA   NON TSTM WINDS
06/07/00   NORFOLK                        LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN TIME
                                          ESTIMATED

1235 AM    SOUTHWICK                 MA   NON TSTM WINDS
06/07/00   HAMPDEN                        TREE DOWN AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN

0100 AM    MEDFORD                   MA   NON TSTM WINDS
06/07/00   MIDDLESEX                      LARGE TREE DOWN ON
                                          MIDDLESEX AVENUE TIME
                                          ESTIMATED

Local storm report, May 28, 2:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
223 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

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

0120 PM    WORTHINGTON               MA   1 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   HAMPSHIRE                      NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL REPORTED IN WEST
                                          WORTHINGTON PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0144 PM    ASHFIELD                  MA   1 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND...REPORTED PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0148 PM    CONWAY                    MA   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED...PER SPOTTER.

0201 PM    GREENFIELD                MA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0222 PM    HINSDALE                  MA   1.50 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   CHESHIRE                       PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED PER, AMATEUR RADIO.

FIELD

Local storm report, May 28, 2:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
227 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

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

0120 PM    WORTHINGTON               MA   1 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   HAMPSHIRE                      NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL REPORTED IN WEST
                                          WORTHINGTON PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0144 PM    ASHFIELD                  MA   1 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND...REPORTED PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0148 PM    CONWAY                    MA   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED...PER SPOTTER.

0201 PM    GREENFIELD                MA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0222 PM    HINSDALE                  NH   1.50 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   CHESHIRE                       PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL
                                      B    REPORTED PER AMATEUR RADIO.

FIELD

Local storm report, May 28, 2:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
232 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

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

0120 PM    WORTHINGTON               MA   1 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   HAMPSHIRE                      NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL REPORTED IN WEST
                                          WORTHINGTON PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0144 PM    ASHFIELD                  MA   1 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND...REPORTED PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0148 PM    CONWAY                    MA   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED...PER SPOTTER.

0201 PM    GREENFIELD                MA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0222 PM    HINSDALE                  NH   1.50 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   CHESHIRE                       PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED PER AMATEUR RADIO.
                                          HAIL LASTED 7 MINUTES
                                          AND WAS HALF AN INCH DEEP.

0231 PM    WINCHESTER                NH   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   CHESHIRE               U        DIME SIZE HAIL PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

FIELD

Local storm report, May 28, 4:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
410 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

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

0120 PM    WORTHINGTON               MA   1 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   HAMPSHIRE                      NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL REPORTED IN WEST
                                          WORTHINGTON PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0144 PM    ASHFIELD                  MA   1 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND...REPORTED PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0148 PM    CONWAY                    MA   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED...PER SPOTTER.

0201 PM    GREENFIELD                MA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0222 PM    HINSDALE                  NH   1.50 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   CHESHIRE                       PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED PER AMATEUR RADIO.
                                          HAIL LASTED 7 MINUTES AND
                                          WAS HALF AN INCH DEEP.

0231 PM    WINCHESTER                NH   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   CHESHIRE                       DIME SIZE HAIL PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0310 PM    WHATELY                   MA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       HAIL LASTED 5 TO 7
                                          MINUTES. PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0310 PM    GREENFIELD                MA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       HAIL LASTED 5 TO 7
                                          MINUTES. PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0330 PM    NORTHFIELD                MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       TREES AND WIRES DOWNED.
                                          PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0408 PM    CHICOPEE                  MA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   HAMPDEN                        PER AMATEUR RADIO.

FIELD

Local storm report, May 28, 4:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
418 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

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

0120 PM    WORTHINGTON               MA   1 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   HAMPSHIRE                      NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL REPORTED IN WEST
                                          WORTHINGTON PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0144 PM    ASHFIELD                  MA   1 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND...REPORTED PER
                                          AMATEUR RADIO.

0148 PM    CONWAY                    MA   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED...PER SPOTTER.

0201 PM    GREENFIELD                MA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND...PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0222 PM    HINSDALE                  NH   1.50 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   CHESHIRE                       PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED PER AMATEUR RADIO.
                                          HAIL LASTED 7 MINUTES AND
                                          WAS HALF AN INCH DEEP.

0231 PM    WINCHESTER                NH   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   CHESHIRE                       DIME SIZE HAIL PER AMATEUR
                                          RADIO.

0310 PM    WHATELY                   MA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       HAIL LASTED 5 TO 7
                                          MINUTES. PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0310 PM    GREENFIELD                MA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       HAIL LASTED 5 TO 7
                                          MINUTES. PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0330 PM    NORTHFIELD                MA   WIND DAMAGE
05/28/01   FRANKLIN                       TREES AND WIRES DOWNED.
                                          PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0408 PM    CHICOPEE                  MA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   HAMPDEN                        PER AMATEUR RADIO.

0412 PM    SOUTH HADLEY              MA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/01   HAMPSHIRE                      LASTED 1 MINUTE.
                                          PER AMATEUR RADIO.

FIELD

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 1:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	40 min
May 28, 1:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin	32 min
May 28, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampshire, Worcester	40 min
May 28, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin	19 min
May 28, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin	9 min
May 28, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	50 min
May 28, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin	12 min
May 28, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampshire, Worcester	23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.