Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Apr 11, 2007, 4:55 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hampshire County, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Apr 12, 2007, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Apr 11, 2007, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2007, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2007, 4:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1103 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 112055 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 455 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...A LATE WINTERLIKE STORM IS FORECAST TO AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES EARLY THURSDAY THEN MOVE NORTHEASTWARD...PASSING CLOSE TO CAPE COD THURSDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MAINE EARLY FRIDAY. MAZ002>004-008-NHZ011-015-120500- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0006.070412T0900Z-070412T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0005.070412T1100Z-070413T0300Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...JAFFREY...KEENE... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 455 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BETWEEN 8 AM AND 2 PM. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOULD OCCUR IN A 4 HOUR PERIOD DURING MID AND LATE MORNING WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES MAY EXTEND INTO MID OR LATE AFTERNOON IN CHESHIRE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. A VERY SLIPPERY MORNING RUSH HOUR IS EXPECTED WITH LOW VISIBILITIES... RAPIDLY CHANGING PAVEMENT CONDITIONS AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE TO FREEZING OR JUST BELOW. SIX OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS LIKELY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE WARNING REGION DURING A 9 HOUR PERIOD BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES CHANGES TO A RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET MIX DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY TO OCCUR FOR A TIME IN THE MONADNOCKS AND HIGH TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR 2 OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM MOVES SLOWLY AWAY. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES WHICH IN TURN COULD CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES FROM FAR NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE SCENARIO OUTLINED ABOVE MAY CHANGE SOMEWHAT IN FUTURE FORECASTS BUT OVERALL...BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SHORT TERM WEATHER CHANGES FROM MID MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON. 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. $$ MAZ005-006-120500- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0006.070412T0900Z-070412T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.070412T1300Z-070412T1700Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE 455 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM EDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SLEET RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AM AND 9 AM AND CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW DURING FORENOON WITH SUDDENLY CHANGING PAVEMENT CONDITIONS AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE TO FREEZING. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON THEN POSSIBLY HEAVY RAIN DURING THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE ENDING AS FLURRIES LATE AT NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING DURING MID AFTERNOON. THOSE ON THE ROAD DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF POOR TRAVELING CONDITIONS AND DELAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ MAZ026-NHZ012-120500- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0006.070412T0900Z-070412T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.070412T1300Z-070413T0300Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA 455 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THIS REGION BETWEEN 5 AM AND 9 AM AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW SHOULD FALL AT 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AS PAVEMENT CONDITIONS CHANGE RAPIDLY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ009>011-120500- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.070412T1100Z-070412T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD 455 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 12 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 12 PM EDT THURSDAY. SLEET RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 5 AM AND 8 AM AND CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SLEET OR WET SNOW FOR AN HOUR OR TWO DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR WITH SUDDENLY CHANGING PAVEMENT CONDITIONS AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE TO FREEZING. ELEVATED AREAS SURROUNDING HARTFORD SPRINGFIELD ALONG INTERSTATE 84 TO UNION AND STURBRIDGE WILL BE PARTICULARLY HARD HIT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN DURING MIDDAY AND POSSIBLY END AS FLURRIES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGH TERRAIN LOCATIONS WEST OF HARTFORD AND SPRINGFIELD MAY DEVELOP A SERIOUS GLAZING SITUATION DURING THE AFTERNOON. THOSE ON THE ROAD DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF POOR TRAVELING CONDITIONS AND LONG DELAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ MAZ012-120500- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.070412T1100Z-070412T1700Z/ SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILFORD...WORCESTER 455 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EDT THURSDAY. SLEET RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 6 AM AND 8 AM AND CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW OR ALL SLEET BY 9 AM WITH SUDDENLY CHANGING PAVEMENT CONDITIONS AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE TO FREEZING OR JUST BELOW. THE SNOW OR SLEET WILL CHANGE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN DURING MIDDAY THEN END AS FLURRIES AT NIGHT. THOSE ON THE ROAD DURING THE MID MORNING AND MIDDAY HOURS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF POOR TRAVELING CONDITIONS AND DELAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ MAZ007-013>016-RIZ001-120500- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.070412T1300Z-070412T1700Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 455 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM EDT THURSDAY. SLEET RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 8 AM AND 10 AM AND CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET DURING FORENOON WITH SUDDENLY CHANGING PAVEMENT CONDITIONS AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE TO NEAR FREEZING. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING POSSIBLE DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING DURING MID AFTERNOON. THOSE ON THE ROAD DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF POOR TRAVELING CONDITIONS AND DELAYS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND MIDDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ DRAG
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBOX 120821 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 421 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...A LATE WINTERLIKE STORM IS FORECAST TO AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND TODAY THEN MOVE NORTHEASTWARD...PASSING CLOSE TO CAPE COD EARLY TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MAINE THEN INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. CTZ002>004-MAZ010-011-120930- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.070412T1100Z-070412T1600Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD 421 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...THEN CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY RAIN BY LATE MORNING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ MAZ007-013>016-RIZ001-120930- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.070412T1300Z-070412T1700Z/ EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 421 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY RAIN BY LATE MORNING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ MAZ002>004-008-NHZ011-015-121630- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0005.070412T1100Z-070413T0300Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-CHESHIRE NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...JAFFREY...KEENE... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 421 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE BULK OF THE SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION SHOULD OCCUR IN A 4 HOUR PERIOD DURING LATE MORNING WITH RATES UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES MAY EXTEND INTO MID OR LATE AFTERNOON IN CHESHIRE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THE SNOW AND SLEET MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH FREEZING RAIN BEING A POSSIBILITY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS LOWER THAN 1000 FEET...WITH 6 OR MORE POSSIBLE ABOVE THAT LEVEL. SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR AS WELL. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES WHICH IN TURN COULD CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES FROM FAR NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS INTO SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 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. $$ MAZ005-006-012-121600- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.070412T1100Z-070412T1600Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... MILFORD...WORCESTER 421 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. SLEET AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING. THE MIXTURE COULD CHANGE OVER TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW OR SLEET BY 9 AM WITH SUDDENLY CHANGING PAVEMENT CONDITIONS AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR FREEZING. THE SNOW OR SLEET WILL CHANGE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN DURING MIDDAY THEN END AS FLURRIES AT NIGHT. THOSE ON THE ROAD DURING THE MID MORNING AND MIDDAY HOURS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF POOR TRAVELING CONDITIONS AND DELAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ MAZ026-NHZ012-121630- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.070412T1100Z-070413T0300Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA 421 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SLEET AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING. THE MIXTURE SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW OR SLEET BY 9 AM WITH SUDDENLY CHANGING PAVEMENT CONDITIONS AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR FREEZING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW OR SLEET WILL CHANGE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON THEN END AS FLURRIES AT NIGHT. THOSE ON THE ROAD DURING THE MID MORNING AND MIDDAY HOURS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF POOR TRAVELING CONDITIONS AND DELAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ MAZ009-121600- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.070412T1100Z-070412T1600Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLANDFORD 421 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. A SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN MIX WILL FALL EARLY THIS MORNING. THE MIXTURE SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW OR SLEET BY 8 TO 9 AM WITH SUDDENLY CHANGING PAVEMENT CONDITIONS AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR FREEZING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW OR SLEET WILL CHANGE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE...THEN END AS FLURRIES AT NIGHT. THOSE ON THE ROAD DURING THE MID MORNING AND MIDDAY HOURS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF POOR TRAVELING CONDITIONS AND DELAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 121634 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1234 PM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...A LATE WINTER LIKE STORM IS FORECAST TO AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND TODAY THEN MOVE NORTHEASTWARD...PASSING CLOSE TO CAPE COD EARLY TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MAINE THEN INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAZ002>004-008-130045- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070413T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-070413T0300Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD 1234 PM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SLEET AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF WET SNOW OR SLEET THIS EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$ NHZ011-015-130045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070413T0300Z/ CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1234 PM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SLEET AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF WET SNOW OR SLEET THIS EVENING ACROSS CHESHIRE AND WESTERN HILLSBOROUGH. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 1000 FT...WITH UP TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 1000 FT. FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AS WELL. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES... WHICH IN TURN COULD CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. $$ MAZ026-NHZ012-130045- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-070413T0300Z/ NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA 1234 PM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. SLEET AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF WET SNOW OR SLEET THIS EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 122050 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 450 PM EDT THU APR 12 2007 NHZ011-015-122200- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070413T0300Z/ CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 450 PM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE STEADIEST PRECIPITATION HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS SOUTH WEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL STILL BE SOME PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN THERE WILL BE LITTLE TO NO FURTHER ACCUMULATION OF SNOW. $$ MAZ002>004-008-026-NHZ012-122200- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-070413T0300Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA 450 PM EDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE STEADY PRECIPITATION WILL BE COMING TO AN END BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM ACROSS NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS. WHILE THERE MAY STILL BE SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET BETWEEN 6 PM AND 8 PM THERE WILL BE LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION OF SNOW OR ICE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 4:15 PM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | BOX | 5 days | |
| Apr 11, 4:55 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2007Winter Storm Warnings in New Hampshire, 2007Every winter storm warning in 2007
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.