Alert archive / Massachusetts / Flood Watches in 2008
Flood Watch 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flood watch at Feb 6, 2008, 5:58 AM EST for Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 6, 2008, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2008, 5:58 AM EST (10:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2008, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 1:04 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 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 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 450 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Feb 6, 5:49 AM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 5:49 AM EST, 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 9:53 PM EST, 8 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 953 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 MAZ002>004-026-NHZ011-012-015-070300- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 953 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE FOG ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. A WEAK SYSTEM MAY BRING A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A COATING TO 1 INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY BRING SOME SNOW OR SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. ITS TOO EARLY TO SAY MUCH MORE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CTZ002>004-MAZ005>014-017>022-RIZ001>008-070300- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 953 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...ALL OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT SUFFOLK COUNTY AND RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE FOG ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HEAVY RAIN ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ON WEDNESDAY MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING...AS WELL AS SOME MINOR FLOODING OF A FEW SMALLER TRIBUTARIES. THE RAIN LOOKS TO TRANSITION TO A PERIOD OF SLEET FROM NORTH TO SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS AWAY FROM THE COAST. THE PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TOWARD MORNING. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FURTHER NORTH CLOSER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. A WEAK SYSTEM MAY BRING A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A COATING TO 1 INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ015-016-023-024-070300- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- 953 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG...WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG...COULD MAKE FOR TRAVEL DELAYS OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HEAVY RAIN ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ON WEDNESDAY MAY RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING...AS WELL AS SOME MINOR FLOODING OF A FEW SMALLER TRIBUTARIES. THE RAIN LOOKS TO TRANSITION TO A PERIOD OF SLEET FROM NORTH TO SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS AWAY FROM THE COAST. THE PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TOWARD MORNING. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FURTHER NORTH CLOSER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. A WEAK SYSTEM MAY BRING A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A COATING TO 1 INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>235-237-250-254-255-070300- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM- 953 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS...EXCEPT NARRAGANSETT BAY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG...WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG...COULD RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG GALES ARE BECOMING LIKELY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY IN VERY STRONG COLD ADVECTION. FREEZING SPRAY WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME AN ISSUE AS WELL LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS MOVE OVER THE OCEAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ236-070300- NARRAGANSETT BAY- 953 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE FOG ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG GALES ARE BECOMING LIKELY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY IN VERY STRONG COLD ADVECTION. FREEZING SPRAY WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME AN ISSUE AS WELL LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS MOVE OVER THE OCEAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 4:53 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 31 hr |
Nearby
Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2008Flood Watches in Connecticut, 2008Every flood watch in 2008
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.