Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 15, 2006, 9:01 AM EST for Cheshire County, New Hampshire; Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2006, 9:01 AM EST (14:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2006, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Cheshire County, NH
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:01 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KBOX 151401 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 901 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2006 MAZ002-008-009-151900- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060115T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0002.060115T1401Z-060115T1900Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 901 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TODAY COMBINED WITH SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE HAZARDS INCLUDE ICY ROADS AND OCCASIONALLY POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY FOR A TIME THIS MORNING IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH AMOUNTS AROUND 1 FOOT POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES. BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE SNOW DRIFTS TO 2 FEET. DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS AND ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ NHZ011-151900- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060115T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0002.060115T1401Z-060115T1900Z/ CHESHIRE NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE 901 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW WAS AFFECTING EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS MORNING. THIS BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL SLOWLY WORK ITS WAY EAST TODAY. POOR VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS AS THIS BAND WORKS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE DRIFTS FROM ONE TO TWO FEET. DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS AND ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME...ESPECIALLY FROM LATER THIS MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ CTZ004-MAZ004>007-012>024-026-NHZ012-015-RIZ001>008-152100- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060115T2100Z/ WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE... FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON... QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER... NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 901 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW WAS AFFECTING SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS EARLY THIS MORNING. A SECOND BAND WAS LOCATED ALONG EAST FACING PORTIONS OF THE WORCESTER HILLS. BANDS OF SNOW WILL REDEVELOP ALONG THE COAST LATE THIS MORNING. EXPECT A PERIOD OF POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO FALLING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY AND WORCESTER HILLS. TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON... WITH AN INCH OR TWO ON THE SOUTH COAST...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE DRIFTS UP TO ONE FOOT ACROSS CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS AND ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME...ESPECIALLY FROM LATER THIS MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. $$ CTZ002-003-MAZ003-010-011-151900- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060115T1900Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD 901 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TODAY COMBINED WITH SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE HAZARDS INCLUDE ICY ROADS AND OCCASIONALLY POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY FOR A TIME THIS MORNING IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTION OF HARTFORD COUNTY. BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE SNOW DRIFTS TO 1 FOOT DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS AND ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. $$ STRAUSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 4:18 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BOX | Cheshire, Hillsborough | 16 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2006Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2006Every winter storm warning in 2006
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.