Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2001, 6:42 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 48 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2001, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2001, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Millis, MA | |
| Jun 30, 7:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Holliston, MA | |
| Jun 30, 7:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Medway, MA | |
| Jun 30, 7:20 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Mendon, MA | |
| Jun 30, 7:20 PM EDT | Hail 1.25 | Bellingham, MA | |
| Jun 30, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Bellingham, MA | Brief F0 touchdown |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBOX 302243
SVRBOX
MAC017-021-027-302330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
642 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
INCLUDING MILFORD
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
INCLUDING FRAMINGHAM
NORTHWESTERN NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* AT 639 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER GRAFTON....MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WESTWOOD...WESTON...
WELLESLEY...WAYLAND...UPTON...SUDBURY...SOUTHBOROUGH...SHERBORN...
NORWOOD...NORTHBRIDGE...NORTHBOROUGH...NEEDHAM...NATICK...MILLIS...
MEDWAY...MEDFIELD...MARLBOROUGH...HOPKINTON...HOLLISTON...
GRAFTON...DOVER AND ASHLAND.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR WIND STRONG ENOUGH TO
KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
$$
DRV/GFWhat 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 Jun 30, 2:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 2:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 235 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2001 SCT CONVECTION UPSTATE NY TRYING TO MOVE INTO FA BUT HAVING A TOUGH TIME. FEEL ENUF INSTABILITY OVER SNE THIS EVE TO KEEP CHC OF TSRA OTRW PC...DENSE FOG LIKELY ALONG S COAST. POT FOR A SIG SVR WX EVENT SUN AFTERNOON/EVENING AS SFC COLD FRONT AND STRONG DYNAMICS COME TOGETHER. SPC HAS MUCH OF FA IN DAY 2 MDT RISK - ALONG WITH PRE-HOLIDAY WEEKEND - WILL ADD ENHANCED WORDING TO SUN AFTERNOON/EVE +TSRA TO INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS A PUBLIC EYE-CATCHER. LOOKS LIKE TIMING OF FRONT WILL BE 18Z SUN - 00Z MON...MAY BE A COUPLE HOURS AFTER 00Z ALONG SE COAST. WILL ISSUE AN SPSBOX TO HIGHLIGHT SVR WX ON SUN. COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS OVERSPREADS REGION SUN NIGHT AND MON. UPR LVL TROUGH REMAINS OVER NORTHEASTERN STATES INTO NEXT WEEK - KEEPING HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY WELL TO OUR SOUTH. NEXT SHORTWAVE IN UPR FLOW PROGGED TO COME THRU FA ON THE 4TH OF JULY...WITH AFTERNOON/EVENING INSTABILITY SHOWERS THU AND FRI. SCA CONDITIONS ALL WATERS SUN IN ADVANCE OF SFC FRONT. STRONG SCA WINDS SUN NIGHT AND MON BEHIND FRONT AS SFC LO DEEPENS OVER GULF OF ST LAWRENCE. .BOX...SCA MAY BE NEEDED SUN ALL WATERS. FRANKLIN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-NHZ011-012-RIZ001>007-011200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 315 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL HELP THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...SOME OF WHICH COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE HAVING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... INCLUDING THOSE PLANNING TO DO SOME BOATING...ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS UPCOMING WEATHER EVENT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SKYWARN SPOTTERS...AS WELL AS AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...SHOULD BE READY TO RELAY REPORTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. E FRANKLIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.