Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2008, 4:48 PM EDT for Essex County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2008, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Essex County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rowley, MA | LARGE BRANCHES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBOX 272048
SVRBOX
MAC009-272130-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0101.080627T2048Z-080627T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
448 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ESSEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEVERLY...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 447 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GEORGETOWN...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWBURYPORT...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 27 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
TOPSFIELD BY 455 PM EDT...
ROWLEY BY 500 PM EDT...
IPSWICH AND HAMILTON BY 505 PM EDT...
WENHAM BY 510 PM EDT...
ESSEX AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEVERLY BY 515 PM EDT...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. GO INDOORS NOW...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING
AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4253 7087 4270 7112 4283 7098 4277 7078
4271 7077 4270 7075 4268 7072 4266 7071
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 301DEG 24KT 4274 7097
$$
EKSTER2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBOX 272104
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
504 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008
MAC009-272130-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-080627T2130Z/
ESSEX MA-
504 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTY...
AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ROWLEY...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF NEWBURYPORT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
IPSWICH BY 515 PM EDT...
ESSEX BY 525 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4260 7081 4269 7102 4277 7094 4272 7077
4270 7075 4269 7075 4269 7074 4266 7071
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 300DEG 18KT 4269 7088
$$
MLE000
WWUS51 KBOX 272117
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
517 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008
MAC009-272130-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-080627T2130Z/
ESSEX MA-
516 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTY...
AT 510 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IPSWICH...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF BEVERLY...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 27 MPH.
LAT...LON 4262 7081 4266 7091 4273 7081 4272 7077
4270 7075 4269 7075 4269 7074 4266 7071
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 293DEG 23KT 4266 7077
$$
MLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 36 min | |
| Jun 27, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 65 min | |
| Jun 27, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 2:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 64 min | |
| Jun 27, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 30 min | |
| Jun 27, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Worcester | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 21 min |
| Jun 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 61 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.