Alert archive / Massachusetts / Heat Advisories in 2008
Heat Advisory 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this heat advisory at Jun 9, 2008, 5:12 AM EDT for 4 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jun 9, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2008, 5:12 AM EDT (09:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 9, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Hampden County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jun 9, 4:44 AM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 4:44 AM EDT, 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:59 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 459 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 MAZ002-007>009-015-016-019>024-NHZ011-015-RIZ003>008-100900- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- 459 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AWAY FROM THE COAST. THERE IS A LOW RISK OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A WEAK BACKDOOR FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ON TUESDAY AWAY FROM THE COAST WHEN THE WORST OF THE HEAT WILL OCCUR. POOR AIR QUALITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY OR TUESDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...MAINLY IN THE INTERIOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ006-014-017-018-NHZ012-RIZ002-100900- WESTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- 459 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A LOW RISK OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A WEAK BACKDOOR FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH. POOR AIR QUALITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY OR TUESDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...MAINLY IN THE INTERIOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CTZ002-003-MAZ003-010-011-100900- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- 459 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. THERE IS A LOW RISK OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A WEAK BACKDOOR FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH. POOR AIR QUALITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY OR TUESDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CTZ004-MAZ005-012-013-026-RIZ001-100900- WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- 459 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. HEAT ADVISORY. THERE IS A LOW RISK OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A WEAK BACKDOOR FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH. POOR AIR QUALITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY OR TUESDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ004-100900- NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- 459 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. HEAT ADVISORY. THERE IS A LOW RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A WEAK BACKDOOR FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ON TUESDAY AWAY FROM THE COAST WHEN THE WORST OF THE HEAT WILL OCCUR. POOR AIR QUALITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY OR TUESDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-254-255-100900- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-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- 459 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS EAST OF MERRIMACK RIVER TO PLYMOUTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUE EVENING. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 11:00 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:12 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:12 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 11 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 33 min |
Nearby
Heat Advisories in Massachusetts, 2008Heat Advisories in Connecticut, 2008Heat Advisories in Rhode Island, 2008Every heat advisory 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.