Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2005, 4:25 PM EDT for Franklin County, Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2005, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2005, 5:09 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Franklin County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | New Salem, MA | IN VICINITY OF RTE 202 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 936 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBOX 032025 SVRBOX MAC011-027-032130- /O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0039.050803T2025Z-050803T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 425 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW SALEM...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMHERST...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PETERSHAM BY 435 PM EDT BARRE BY 450 PM EDT HARDWICK BY 455 PM EDT NEW BRAINTREE BY 505 PM EDT OAKHAM BY 510 PM EDT NORTH BROOKFIELD BY 515 PM EDT LAT...LON 4259 7230 4247 7248 4214 7195 4236 7170 $$ FRANK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBOX 032056 SVSBOX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 456 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 MAC011-032106- /O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050803T2130Z/ FRANKLIN MA- 456 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4244 7223 4231 7226 4214 7195 4230 7179 $$ MAC027-032130- /O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050803T2130Z/ WORCESTER MA- 456 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY... AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW BRAINTREE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF WORCESTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAXTON BY 500 PM EDT EAST BROOKFIELD AND SPENCER BY 505 PM EDT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEICESTER BY 510 PM EDT LAT...LON 4244 7223 4231 7226 4214 7195 4230 7179 $$ FRANK
000 WWUS51 KBOX 032109 SVSBOX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 508 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 MAC027-032118- /O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050803T2130Z/ WORCESTER MA- 508 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM OVER WORCESTER COUNTY HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4244 7223 4231 7226 4214 7195 4230 7179 $$ FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 35 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.