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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2010, 11:45 AM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2010, 11:45 AM EDT (15:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2010, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 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 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 weather statement went out at Jul 10, 11:00 AM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 11:00 AM EDT, 45 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 4:23 AM EDT, 7 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 423 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2010 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-110830- 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 BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 423 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH POCKETS OF MAINLY URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-110830- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND- 423 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2010 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 11:45 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1145 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2010 CTZ003-004-MAZ004-010>012-101630- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT- 1145 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2010 AT 1143 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH 2 MILES EAST OF HAMPDEN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...STAFFORD...MONSON...PALMER... WALES...HOLLAND...BRIMFIELD...WEST BROOKFIELD...WARREN...WARE... STURBRIDGE...SOUTHBRIDGE...NORTH BROOKFIELD...NEW BRAINTREE...EAST BROOKFIELD...CHARLTON AND BROOKFIELD. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GET INSIDE WHEN THIS STORM APPROACHES. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN SMALL BRANCHES. MINOR STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 4235 7208 4212 7189 4186 7240 4209 7254 FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:49 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 33 hr | |
| Jul 10, 10:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Worcester | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 2:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 107 min |
| Jul 10, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 12:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.