Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2008, 3:39 PM EDT for Bristol County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 36 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 17, 2008, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2008, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bristol County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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 17, 3:41 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Taunton, MA | AT NWS FORECAST OFFICE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBOX 171939 SVRBOX MAC005-021-023-172015- /O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0049.080617T1939Z-080617T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 339 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TAUNTON... WEST CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS... * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTON...OR NEAR TAUNTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EASTON BY 345 PM EDT... WEST BRIDGEWATER...BRIDGEWATER AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDDLEBOROUGH BY 350 PM EDT... EAST BRIDGEWATER BY 355 PM EDT... HALIFAX AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLYMPTON BY 400 PM EDT... HANSON BY 405 PM EDT... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. GO INDOORS NOW...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4207 7081 4184 7081 4186 7125 4204 7125 TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 240DEG 29KT 4197 7111 $$ JWD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBOX 171953 SVSBOX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 353 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2008 MAC005-021-023-172015- /O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080617T2015Z/ NORFOLK MA-PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL MA- 352 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... AND NORTHERN BRISTOL AND WEST CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS... AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST BRIDGEWATER...OR NEAR BROCKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH. PENNY SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN TAUNTON AT 341 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HALIFAX AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLYMPTON BY 400 PM EDT... HANSON BY 405 PM EDT... GET INDOORS IMMEDIATELY WHEN THIS STORM APPROACHES LAT...LON 4207 7081 4184 7081 4186 7125 4204 7125 TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 240DEG 29KT 4202 7099 $$ JWD
000 WWUS51 KBOX 172015 SVSBOX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 415 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2008 MAC005-021-023-172023- /O.EXP.KBOX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080617T2015Z/ NORFOLK MA-PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL MA- 413 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND NORTHERN BRISTOL AND WEST CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT... AT 413 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED OVER CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY NEAR BRIDGEWATER...AND WERE NO LONGER PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY HEAD THROUGH PEMBROKE...PLYMPTON AND KINGSTON THROUGH 5 PM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GET INDOORS WHEN THIS STORM APPROACHES. DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR MINOR STREET FLOODING. LAT...LON 4207 7081 4184 7081 4186 7125 4204 7125 TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 240DEG 29KT 4210 7079 $$ JWD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Plymouth | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 63 min | |
| Jun 17, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 66 min | |
| Jun 17, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 52 min | |
| Jun 17, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 56 min |
Nearby
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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.