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Special Marine Warning 28, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 27, 2002

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special marine warning at Jun 27, 2002, 6:47 PM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2002, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2002, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Whole counties

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at Jun 27, 3:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
315 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

ISOLATED CNVCTN BGNG TO SPRD INTO WRN PART OF CWA...WITH THE
ORGANIZED CNVCTN OUT ACRS CNTRL AND WRN NY/PA.  LKG FOR STORMS TO
SPRD INTO THE FA AREA LATE THIS AFTN AND LAST WELL INTO THE EVE HRS.
EVEN ONCE THREAT OF SVR WX/TSTMS DMSH LKG FOR SCT SHWRS TO CONT THRU
A GD PRTN OF THE NGT...ESP SE ZONES.

COLD FRNT WL REACH WRN NEW ENG ARND 06Z TNGT...BUT GETS HUNG UP FOR A
BIT AS IT GETS TO THE COAST ARND 12 FRI.  FOR THIS...WL FCST CHC
SHWRS EARLY TMRW AM FOR SE ZONES...MNLY CAPE AND ISLDS.

MDLS HV DECENT S/W MVG ACRS NEW ENG LATE TMRW AM THRU MID AFTN.
FRNT WL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT AND TAKE THE LL MOIST AND INSTBLTY WITH
IT. ALTHOUGH SMALL CAPE TO WORK WITH...400 TO 800 JULES...THE TQ
JUMPS TO 20-22 BY EARLY AFTN...TOTALS UP TO 50 TO 52 AND LI/S TO FALL
TO -2 TO -4. XPCT LOW TOPPED CNVCTN TO POP UP BY LATE TMRW AM OR VRY
EARLY AFTN WITH THE BEST CHC IN CNTRL AND ERN MA AND RI.  WBZ FALLS
TO BLW 10K BY EARLY AFTN...SO COULD BE A HAIL-ER TYPE OF DAY.  XPCT
THAT ANY TSTMS TMRW SHLD BEGIN TO QUITE DOWN BY MID OR LATE AFTN.

ONCE FRNT AND S/W MV TO THE E OF FCST AREA...DRIER AIR WRKS IN FOR
FRI NGT AND SAT AS WEAK HI PRES RDG BLDS IN FM THE W.   STILL WARM
INLAND ON SAT...BUT WK PRS GRDNT SHLD ALLOW FOR C-BRZS AT THE COAST
WITH COOLER TMPS.

UPR LVL RDG BEGINS TO BLD BK ACRS THE NE SUN INTO NXT WITH BERMUDA
HI PRES SETTING UP AT THE SFC.  W-SW FLOW AT THE SFC SUN INTO ERLY
NXT WEEK WITH VERY WARM TO HOT TEMPS.  WILL KEEP CHC AFTN TSTMS FOR
TUE AND WED WITH WK SFC TROF IN THE VCNTY.

MARINE: SW FLOW KEEPING SEAS UP ALNG PART OF THE S COAST. WL KP UP
SCA FOR ROUGH SEAS INTO TNGT. WIND LETS UP SOME LATE TNGT AND TURNS
W-NW FRI...SO LKG FOR SEAS TO GRDLY COME DOWN.  NO PRBLMS XPCTD FRI
NGT OR SAT WITH LGT WNDS AND LCL C-BRZS.

.BOX...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
NH...NONE.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...SCA FOR SEAS FOR ANZ254-ANZ255-ANZ234-ANZ235-ANZ237.

NOTCHEY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
MAZ004-010-272145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
505 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

AT 504 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER
BELCHERTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
BLOWING DOWN SMALL BRANCHES.  HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN ACCOMPANY THIS
STORM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WARE AROUND 520 PM...
  HARDWICK AROUND 525 PM...
  NEW BRAINTREE AROUND 530 PM...
  NORTH BROOKFIELD AROUND 535 PM...
  OAKHAM AROUND 540 PM...
  PAXTON AROUND 545 PM.

AED/KAB
Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON, MA
520 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

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

0438 PM    EASTHAMPTON               MA   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/02   HAMPSHIRE                      NMRS TREES DOWN REPORTED
                                          BY AMATEUR RADIO

NS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MAZ005-013>016-272215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
527 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

AT 524 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
...ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF FRAMINGHAM...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS
STORM HAS A HISTORY OF BLOWING DOWN TREE BRANCHES OF ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRAMINGHAM AROUND 535 PM...
  SUDBURY AROUND 540 PM...
  NATICK AROUND 545 PM...
  WELLESLEY AROUND 550 PM...
  NEEDHAM AND WALTHAM AROUND 555 PM.

AED/KAB
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:11 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
NHZ011-012-272300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
611 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

AT 607 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH...OVER WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN VERMONT.  THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL REACH WESTERN PORTIONS OF CHESHIRE COUNTY
AROUND 625 PM.  THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WESTMORELAND AROUND 625 PM...
  SURRY AND KEENE AROUND 635 PM...
  SULLIVAN AROUND 640 PM...
  DUBLIN AROUND 650 PM.

AED/KAB
Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:25 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON, MA
625 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

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

0555 PM    WAYLAND                   MA   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/02   MIDDLESEX                      LARGE BRANCHES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO

0525 PM    SHREWSBURY                MA   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/02   WORCESTER                      TREE DOWN ON HOUSE
                                          REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO

NS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX47 min
Jun 27, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX21 hr
Jun 27, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX21 hr
Jun 27, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX47 min
Jun 27, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX59 min
Jun 27, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX59 min
Jun 27, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX21 hr

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Massachusetts, 2002Every special marine warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.