Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2006, 4:19 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 26 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
- Aug 2, 2006, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2006, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBOX 022019 SVRBOX MAC011-015-022045- /O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0113.060802T2019Z-060802T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 419 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AMHERST * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 418 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 NEAR WHATELY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMHERST...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE IN CONWAY AND ASHFIELD. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LEVERETT AND AMHERST BY 430 PM EDT... PELHAM AND SHUTESBURY BY 435 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 4253 7269 4241 7276 4229 7232 4246 7227 $$ JWD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KBOX 022031 SVSBOX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 429 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 MAC011-015-022045- /O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-060802T2045Z/ FRANKLIN MA-HAMPSHIRE MA- 429 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES... AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LEVERETT TO AMHERST MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE AT CONWAY AND ASHFIELD AT 418 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE GROWN STRONGER AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE IN THEIR PATH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... SHUTESBURY AND PELHAM BY 435 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. LAT...LON 4253 7269 4241 7276 4229 7232 4246 7227 $$ DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 10:04 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | BOX | Bristol, Hampden, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester | 7 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:25 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more | 37 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 65 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 113 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 85 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 85 min | |
| Aug 2, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Dukes | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.