Alert archive / Massachusetts / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2005, 4:00 PM EDT for Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2005, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2005, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hampshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 901 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KBOX 182003 FFWBOX MAC015-182300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 400 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CHESTERFIELD AND WILLIAMSBURG. * THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY... BRINGING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 3 INCHES TO CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE EAST BRANCH OF THE MILL RIVER AND UNQUOMONK BROOK. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE THAT MAY BE CAMPING OR HIKING IN THE WARNING AREA MUST HEAD FOR A STURDY SHELTER NOW. BE SURE TO STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS AND LOW WATER AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. LAT...LON 4239 7280 4233 7270 4241 7261 4245 7272 $$ DELLICARPINI
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KBOX 182107 FFSBOX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 505 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 MAC015-182300- HAMPSHIRE MA- 505 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY... LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHESTERFIELD AND WILLIAMSBURG. SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MEEKIN BROOK...UNQUOMONK BROOK...JOE WRIGHT BROOK...THE EAST BRANCH OF THE MILL RIVER...GRASS HILL BROOK AND BEAVER BROOK. AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HAVE PUSHED NORTH INTO SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING IN WESTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY INTO THE CHESTERFIELD AND WILLIAMSBURG AREAS BY 630 PM EDT. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. $$ DELLICARPINI
000 WGUS71 KBOX 182200 FFSBOX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 600 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 MAC015-182208- HAMPSHIRE MA- 600 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAVE WEAKENED AND LIFTED NORTH INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED...REMEMBER TO AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS AND STAY AWAY FROM SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS... WHICH MAY BE RUNNING HIGH. $$ DELLICARPINI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.