Special Marine Warning 10, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
755 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

WILL UPDATE ZONE PACKAGE AT 8 PM TO REMOVE SVR TSTM WATCH.  RADAR
SHOWING SHOWERS AND TSTMS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LWM TO ORH TO BDL
LINE.  SHOULD MOVE OFF CAPE COD AND ISLANDS BY MIDNIGHT.

FRANKLIN

PREVIOUS DISC...

TSRA FROM NH AND VT SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL PA MOVING INTO SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  SVR TSTM WATCH
IN EFFECT FOR NWRN TWO-THIRDS OF FA UNTIL 01/00Z.  WILL INCLUDE
ENHANCED WORDING IN ZONES FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THIS
EVENING.

CYCLONIC FLOW...STEEP LAPSE RATES...AND INSTABILITY WILL BRING MORE
LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAINLY
NORTH OF MASS PIKE.  MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SMALL HAIL.

DRY WEATHER SUNDAY.  FRONT STATIONARY SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WEAK AREAS OF LOW PRES MOVING EAST TO WEST
ALONG IT.

SCA NORTH OF PYM FOR SW WINDS THIS EVENING AND WEST TO NW FLOW LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY SAT.  SEAS ALONG SOUTH COAST NEAR 5 FT SO WILL
INCLUDE SCA FOR SEAS SOUTHERN LOCATIONS.

.BOX...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
NH...NONE.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...SCA CC BAY...BOS HAR...MERRIMACK TO PLYMOUTH.
         SCA FOR SEAS MONTAUK TO ACK...AND ACK TO PVC.

FRANKLIN

CTZ004-MAZ004>007-012>015-NHZ011-RIZ001-002-010100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
454 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FROM
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.  SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

THE STORMS ARE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PASS
THROUGH THE REGION BY MIDNIGHT...BRINGING AN END TO THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL AND MOST OF EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

VALLIER-TALBOT

CTZ002-MAZ002-003-008>011-NHZ011-312330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
611 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN
VERMONT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT AT 6 PM.
THIS LINE WILL MOVE EAST INTO CHESHIRE...FRANKLIN...HAMPSHIRE...
HAMPDEN AND HARTFORD COUNTIES AFTER 6:30 PM.  MORE DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL AND MOST OF EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

VALLIER-TALBOT

MAZ013-015>024-RIZ003>007-010045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
644 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EAST COASTAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS TO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND BY 7
PM.  SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT CAUSED LOCALIZED FLOODING.

AS THE STORMS APPROACH THE SOUTH SHORE OF MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS
THE SOUTH COAST...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS LATER THIS EVENING...THEY
WILL TEND TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

VALLIER-TALBOT

MAZ004>007-012-014-NHZ012-010000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
707 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN
HILLSBOROUGH AND NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AT 7 PM.  THIS LINE WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE MERRIMACK
RIVER VALLEY TO CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH 8 PM.  MORE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL AND MOST OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

VALLIER-TALBOT

MAZ013>024-RIZ001>007-010100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
800 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH THE
MERRIMACK RIVER VALLEY TO EASTERN WORCESTER AND WESTERN PROVIDENCE
COUNTIES AT 7:55 PM.  THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND FROM 8 TO 10 PM.  SOME OF THE STORMS
HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH CAUSED LOCALIZED FLOODING.

AS THIS NEXT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES TOWARD THE COAST...THEY
WILL TEND TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

VALLIER-TALBOT