Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 4:45 PM EDT for Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 45 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, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2005, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBOX 062046 SVRBOX MAC013-015-062130- /O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0007.050606T2045Z-050606T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 445 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WESTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NORTHAMPTON * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM LENOX TO GREAT BARRINGTON. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... TOLLAND...MIDDLEFIELD AND CHESTER BY 500 PM EDT WORTHINGTON BY 505 PM EDT HUNTINGTON AND BLANDFORD BY 510 PM EDT RUSSELL...GRANVILLE AND CHESTERFIELD BY 515 PM EDT WESTHAMPTON BY 520 PM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4245 7328 4207 7332 4203 7260 4241 7255 $$ WTB/GAF
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KBOX 062112 SVSBOX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 509 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 MAC013-015-062130- /O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050606T2130Z/ HAMPSHIRE MA-HAMPDEN MA- 509 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR WESTERN HAMPDEN AND WESTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES... AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUNTINGTON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTHAMPTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. AT 510 PM...HALF INCH HAIL WAS OCCURING AND SOME BRANCHES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN BLANFORD. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HUNTINGTON AND RUSSELL BY 515 PM EDT MONTGOMERY BY 520 PM EDT 9 MILES NORTH OF WESTFIELD BY 525 PM EDT WESTHAMPTON...SOUTHAMPTON...EASTHAMPTON AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTHAMPTON BY 530 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. LAT...LON 4245 7328 4207 7332 4203 7260 4241 7255 $$ FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 47 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.