Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 6, 2005Franklin County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 4:14 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2005, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2005, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 468 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
468 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KBOX 062015
SVRBOX
MAC011-062100-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0004.050606T2014Z-050606T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
414 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENFIELD

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN 
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF ADAMS OR
  15 MILES WEST OF HAWLEY AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAWLEY AND CHARLEMONT BY 435 PM EDT
  BUCKLAND...ASHFIELD AND HEATH BY 440 PM EDT
  SHELBURNE AND COLRAIN BY 450 PM EDT
  GREENFIELD AND DEERFIELD BY 455 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4271 7291 4273 7277 4272 7259 4251 7255
      4249 7286 4255 7288 4256 7297 4261 7295
      4266 7295 4268 7297

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WTB/GAF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden, Hampshire45 min
Jun 6, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.