Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 1, 2006Norfolk County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2006, 6:27 PM EDT for Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 48 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 1, 2006, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2006, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Norfolk County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2006-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2006-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBOX 012227
SVRBOX
MAC021-012315-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0013.060601T2227Z-060601T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
627 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKLIN

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  SOUTH OF BELLINGHAM...OR ABOUT NEAR WOONSOCKET...AND MOVING EAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PLAINVILLE AND FRANKLIN BY 645 PM EDT
  WRENTHAM BY 650 PM EDT
  NORFOLK BY 700 PM EDT
  FOXBOROUGH AND WALPOLE BY 710 PM EDT
  SHARON...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STOUGHTON...8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  CANTON AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF NORWOOD BY 715 PM EDT

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4198 7138 4202 7139 4201 7141 4201 7149
      4210 7149 4221 7111 4209 7107 4198 7135

$$

BELK
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBOX 012241
SVSBOX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
641 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

MAC021-012315-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060601T2315Z/
NORFOLK MA-
641 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN NORFOLK COUNTY...

AT 638 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR PLAINVILLE...OR NEAR WOONSOCKET...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PLAINVILLE AND WRENTHAM BY 650 PM EDT
  7 MILES SOUTH OF NORFOLK BY 700 PM EDT
  FOXBOROUGH BY 710 PM EDT
  8 MILES SOUTH OF SHARON AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF WALPOLE BY 715 PM EDT

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4198 7138 4202 7139 4201 7141 4201 7149
      4210 7149 4221 7111 4209 7107 4198 7135

$$

BELK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 9:27 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Dukes, Nantucket12 hr
Jun 1, 3:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchBOXBristol, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more51 hr
Jun 1, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden31 min
Jun 1, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXWorcester50 min
Jun 1, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXWorcester34 min
Jun 1, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX70 days
Jun 1, 6:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXMiddlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester93 min
Jun 1, 7:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXFranklin, Hampshire115 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.