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Special Marine Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 27, 2003

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special marine warning at Jun 27, 2003, 5:13 PM EDT. It was in force for 92 min. 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, 2003, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2003, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 92 min
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, 3:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 6:30 AM EDT, 10 hours 43 minutes before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
630 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...
MASSACHUSETTS EAST OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND
RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.  A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD AND ALONG THE
FRONT.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO WESTERN AREAS FROM KEENE TO
SPRINGFIELD AND HARTFORD BY 2 PM...PROGRESSING EAST TO NEAR
MANCHESTER...WORCESTER AND WOONSOCKET BY 4 PM...THEN TO THE BOSTON
AND PROVIDENCE AREAS BY 5 PM.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

THE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP OFF THE COAST TONIGHT...WITH THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING BY AROUND MIDNIGHT.  COOLER AND DRIER AIR
WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THE NEXT THREAT OF SHOWERS WILL WORK UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD FROM
THE MID ATLANTIC STATES ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.  THE
MAIN THREAT OF SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW
ENGLAND.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST ON
MONDAY...WITH MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND OTHER SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE POSSIBLE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

FOR WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY THRESHOLDS, PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING
LINK (ALL LOWER CASE):
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/BOX/WARNINGCRITERIA.SHTML .

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:59 PM EDT, 14 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	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex	40 min
Jun 27, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		22 hr
Jun 27, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		97 min
Jun 27, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		21 hr

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Massachusetts, 2003 Every special marine warning in 2003

Sources

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