Alert archive / Massachusetts / Areal Flood Warnings in 2011
Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood warning at Sep 8, 2011, 8:25 PM EDT for Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; Hampden County, Hampshire County, Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2011, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2011, 11:58 AM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
620
WGUS41 KBOX 090025
FLWBOX
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
825 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011
CTC015-MAC013-015-027-091215-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FA.W.0021.110909T0025Z-110909T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WINDHAM CT-WORCESTER MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-HAMPDEN MA-
825 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WORCESTER...
NORTHERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PUTNAM...
EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 815 AM EDT FRIDAY
* AT 818 PM EDT...FLOODING OR NEAR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING
ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WARE RIVER AT BARRE PLAINS AND GIBBS
CROSSING IN WESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY...AND EASTERN HAMPSHIRE AND
HAMPDEN COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. IN ADDITION...FLOODING WAS
OCCURRING ALONG THE QUINEBAUG RIVER IN SOUTHERN WORCESTER
COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS INTO NORTHERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT.
THIS IS A RESULT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OVER
THE PAST FEW DAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE WARE RIVER FROM BARRE PLAINS TO
GIBBS CROSSING. THE WARE RIVER CRESTED AT BARRE PLAINS EARLIER TODAY
BUT STILL REMAINS ABOVE FLOOD...WHILE AT GIBBS CROSSING...THE RIVER
CONTINUES TO RISE AND IS NEAR FLOOD AT THIS MOMENT.
ALONG THE QUINEBAUG RIVER...THE RIVER HAS CRESTED EARLIER TODAY BUT
STILL REMAINS ABOVE FLOOD. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN FLOOD
INTO THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER
TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
THIS STATEMENT WILL REPLACE PREVIOUS FLOOD WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 4231 7250 4233 7235 4232 7235 4234 7232
4240 7182 4208 7175 4201 7177 4201 7180
4184 7180 4187 7210 4191 7222 4195 7222
4196 7210 4203 7210 4204 7251
$$
SIPPRELL3 follow-up statements
891
WGUS81 KBOX 090843
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
443 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011
CTC015-MAC013-015-027-091215-
/O.CON.KBOX.FA.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110909T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WINDHAM CT-WORCESTER MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-HAMPDEN MA-
443 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011
...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT FOR SMALL
STREAMS IN EASTERN HAMPDEN...SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHWESTERN
WORCESTER AND NORTHERN WINDHAM COUNTIES...
AT 440 AM EDT SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO RECEDE IN
EASTERN HAMPDEN...SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER
COUNTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN WINDHAM COUNTIES. HOWEVER
THESE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND AS A
RESULT THIS FLOOD WARNING REMAINS VALID UNTIL 815 AM. SMALL RIVERS
AND STREAMS SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS MORNING.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 4231 7250 4233 7235 4232 7235 4234 7232
4240 7182 4208 7175 4201 7177 4201 7180
4184 7180 4187 7210 4191 7222 4195 7222
4196 7210 4203 7210 4204 7251
$$
NOCERA652
WGUS41 KBOX 091157
FLWBOX
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
757 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011
CTC015-MAC013-015-027-091615-
/O.EXT.KBOX.FA.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110909T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WINDHAM CT-WORCESTER MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-HAMPDEN MA-
757 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WORCESTER...
NORTHERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PUTNAM...
EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
* AT 754 AM EDT SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO RECEDE IN
EASTERN HAMPDEN...SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER
COUNTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN WINDHAM COUNTY. HOWEVER
THESE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND AS A
RESULT THIS FLOOD WARNING REMAINS VALID UNTIL 1215 PM. SMALL RIVERS
AND STREAMS SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4231 7250 4233 7235 4232 7235 4234 7232
4240 7182 4208 7175 4201 7177 4201 7180
4184 7180 4187 7210 4191 7222 4195 7222
4196 7210 4203 7210 4204 7251
$$
DUNTEN574
WGUS81 KBOX 091558
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1158 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011
CTC015-MAC013-015-027-091608-
/O.CAN.KBOX.FA.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110909T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WINDHAM CT-WORCESTER MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-HAMPDEN MA-
1158 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011
...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SMALL STREAMS IN EASTERN
HAMPDEN...SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER AND
NORTHERN WINDHAM COUNTIES...
LAT...LON 4231 7250 4233 7235 4232 7235 4234 7232
4240 7182 4208 7175 4201 7177 4201 7180
4184 7180 4187 7210 4191 7222 4195 7222
4196 7210 4203 7210 4204 7251
$$
DUNTENNearby
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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.