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Special Marine Warning 39, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 27, 2008

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special marine warning at Jun 27, 2008, 2:10 PM EDT. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2008, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2008, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning 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 special marine warning went out at Jun 27, 2:06 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:06 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 4:25 AM EDT, 9 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
425 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>016-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001-002-280830-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-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-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-
425 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY POP
UP JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT AS WE GET INTO THE
EVENING HOURS THE PRIMARY RISK WILL SHIFT TO AREAS SOUTH OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE.  THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS AND A SECONDARY
CONCERN WILL BE FOR LARGE HAIL.

IN ADDITION...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. THEY ALSO WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL THAT MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A RATHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM FOR LATE JUNE WILL BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.  INITIALLY...THE FOCUS
FOR THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE ACROSS THE INTERIOR BUT
THIS MAY GRADUALLY SHIFT TOWARDS THE COASTAL PLAIN.

THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN REMAINS UNCERTAIN...BUT BECAUSE
THIS LOOKS TO BE A VERY SLOW MOVING SYSTEM WE WILL STILL NEED TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.  IN ADDITION...
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WHEN AND WHERE
THIS OCCURS WILL DEPEND ON TIMING...AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE AND
POSITIONING OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
THIS WEEKEND WILL BE ACROSS THE INTERIOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SCATTERED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MAZ017>024-RIZ003>008-280830-
NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-
NANTUCKET MA-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-
WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
425 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...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.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY POP
UP JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT AS WE GET INTO THE
EVENING HOURS THE PRIMARY RISK WILL SHIFT TO AREAS SOUTH OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE.  THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS. A SECONDARY CONCERN
WILL BE FOR LARGE HAIL.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. THEY ALSO WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
THAT MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A RATHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM FOR LATE JUNE WILL BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.  INITIALLY...THE FOCUS
FOR THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE ACROSS THE INTERIOR BUT
THIS MAY GRADUALLY SHIFT TOWARDS THE COASTAL PLAIN.

THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN REMAINS UNCERTAIN...BUT BECAUSE
THIS LOOKS TO BE A VERY SLOW MOVING SYSTEM WE WILL STILL NEED TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.  IN ADDITION...
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WHEN AND WHERE
THIS OCCURS WILL DEPEND ON TIMING...AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE AND
POSITIONING OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
THIS WEEKEND WILL BE ACROSS THE INTERIOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SCATTERED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ANZ230>237-250-254-255-280830-
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-
425 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS
AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS...ESPECIALLY BOSTON HARBOR TO THE
SOUTH COAST INCLUDING NARRAGANSETT BAY.

PATCHY DENSE FOG MAY AFFECT THE WATERS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
LATER THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE
CHANCE FOR A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

WTB/FRANK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:23 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:32 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX36 min
Jun 27, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester25 min
Jun 27, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk49 min
Jun 27, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNorfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk33 min
Jun 27, 2:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXMiddlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk46 min
Jun 27, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX64 min
Jun 27, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX30 min
Jun 27, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin, Worcester38 min
Jun 27, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex49 min
Jun 27, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXWorcester21 min
Jun 27, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex42 min
Jun 27, 4:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXEssex2 hr
Jun 27, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX61 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.