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Special Marine Warning 39, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 15, 2002

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special marine warning at Jul 15, 2002, 7:37 PM EDT. It was in force for 22 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: Jul 15, 2002, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2002, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 22 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 Jul 15, 5:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 5:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
510 PM EDT MON JUL 15 2002

SVR TSTM WATCH TIL ITS END.  LOOK FOR CLEARING WATCH STMTS S NH AFTR
630.

LOOK FOR NEW CONVECTION FIRING IN SYR-PSF ON DECENT CNV AT TAIL OF
FNT AND HEADING ESE AFTR 8 PM TO GIVE SOME PRETTY POTENT STORMS
AFTR THE SVR WATCH ENDS TO THE CT/RI/SE MA AREAS. 18Z ETA... IF IT
ENDS UP SUNNIER WED AFTN THAN INDICATED IN 18Z/15 ETA FOR 18Z WED
THEN IT WILL BAKE IN CT RVR VLY WED AFTN...AND IT WONT BE TODAYS 92
EITHER.

12Z/15 UKMET JOINED 12Z/14 EC AND 12Z/15 GFS FOR WFRONT VCNTY
40N. RAN COOLER THAN MEX ALONG THE COAST FRI-SUN.

TNGT: SECONDARY SURGE OF INSTAB ACCOMPANYS STG 5H VT MAX OUT OF SYR
      LATE THIS AFTN DRIVING SEWD THRU CT/RI AFT 00Z.  GFS COOL POOL
      LOSING ITS EDGE...CERTAINLY STILL A MILD NIGHT.

TUE: MODEST COOL POOL LEAVES BY 00Z/WED...SHUD BE 83-85 BDL-PVD WITH
     80-83 BOS-MHT.

WED: BIG HEAT MAY B DELAYED 1 DAY..ESP IF WFRONTAL MID-HI CLD CVR.
     WE HAVE NOTED SPC DAY 3 OUTLOOK SVR JUST N OF OUR FA. CONTG
     FCST AS IS FOR NOW BUT STILL BLV LATE DAY NR 95 HT POSSIBLE
     CT RVR VLY AT 21Z AS TEMPS WILL CONT WARMING ALL LVLS THRU 21Z.
     VERY LATE DAY MAX.

THU: THERE ARE SIGNS THAT IF WE CAN GET P-MS MOST OF DAY THAT MAX
     TEMPS WILL BE 92-98F WITH EVEN 90-93 AT FMH-MVY AS +18C 8H
     IS ADVERTIZED IN GFS EVEN AS LATE 18Z THRU ALL OF CT/RI  TRW+
     LIKELY LATE DAY WITH KI 30-35..TT NR 48 AND GOOD 250 DIV.
     SVR RISK APPEARS LOWER DUE TO LACK OF WINDS FIELDS AOB 7H...
     MORE LIKE TRAINING GULLY WASHERS NR CF.  UPPED POPS FM PRIOR
     RUN.

THU NITE: LIKELY POPS FOR LEFTOVR CONVECTION.
FRI: COOLER WITH LEFTOVR ST AND SHWRS S COAST.

GFS: IF YOU HAVENT SEEN THE CHG NOTICE..PLANS ARE FOR THE AVN/MRF
     MODEL FAMILY KNOWN AS THE GFS TO HAVE THE FINAL STEP IN RES
     AND CONSOLIDATION BEGINNING THE 8/13 12Z RUN. THE GFS...WILL
     NOW REFERENCE THIS AVN/MRF MODEL FAMILY AS GFS IN FUTURE DISCS
     ...WILL GO FROM T170 42 LYR RES TO T254 64 LYR WITH HORIZ
     RES CHG FROM 75 YO 55 KM IN THE 0-84 HR TIME FRAME...THEN
     T170L42 (AS IT IS NOW) FROM 84-180 AND T126L28 180-384. THE
     LOWER RES FURTHER OUT LIMITS SOMEWHAT NOISY FIELDS FROM
     INCORRECT OVERAMPLIFICATION IN THE LONGER RANGES WHILE THE
     HIGHER RES SHOULD IMPROVE MODEL FCST DETAILS IN THE SHRT RNG.

CHH UA MAY STILL HAVE PBLMS WITH SOUNDING THRU 12Z/16 RUNS.

.BOX...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
NH...NONE.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

DRAG

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 7:11 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 7:26 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 15, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX	118 min
Jul 15, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX	118 min
Jul 15, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX	118 min
Jul 15, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX	22 hr
Jul 15, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX	22 hr
Jul 15, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX	22 hr
Jul 15, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX	117 min
Jul 15, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX	117 min
Jul 15, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX	22 hr

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Special Marine Warnings in Massachusetts, 2002 Every 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.