Alert archive / Massachusetts / Freeze Warnings in 2011
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this freeze warning at Oct 6, 2011, 3:40 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It took effect at Oct 7, 2011, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2011, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2011, 3:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Hillsborough County, NH
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
019 WWUS71 KBOX 061940 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 340 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2011 MAZ002-003-008>010-NHZ015-070345- /O.NEW.KBOX.FZ.W.0002.111007T0700Z-111007T1100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...PETERBOROUGH... WEARE 340 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE INCLUDING THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. CHESHIRE COUNTY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WARNING AS THIS COUNTY EXPERIENCED A HARD FREEZE LAST NIGHT AND ESSENTIALLY ENDING THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THIS AREA. * HAZARDS...FREEZE WARNING. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. * TIMING...3 AM TO 7 AM. * IMPACTS...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS ESPECIALLY TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ CTZ003-004-MAZ004>007-011>014-017-018-020-021-023-026-NHZ012- RIZ001-070345- /O.NEW.KBOX.FR.Y.0004.111007T0700Z-111007T1100Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 340 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE...MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARDS...WIDESPREAD FROST. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...3 AM TO 7 AM. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION INCLUDING POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$
3 follow-up statements
745 WWUS71 KBOX 070257 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1057 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2011 MAZ002-003-008>010-NHZ015-071100- /O.CON.KBOX.FZ.W.0002.111007T0700Z-111007T1100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...PETERBOROUGH... WEARE 1057 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE INCLUDING THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD... ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON... PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. CHESHIRE COUNTY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WARNING AS THIS COUNTY EXPERIENCED A HARD FREEZE LAST NIGHT AND ESSENTIALLY ENDING THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THIS AREA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...3 AM TO 7 AM. * IMPACTS...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS ESPECIALLY TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ CTZ003-004-MAZ004>007-011>014-017-018-020-021-023-026-NHZ012- RIZ001-071100- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0004.111007T0700Z-111007T1100Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1057 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE...MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARDS...WIDESPREAD FROST. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...3 AM TO 7 AM. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION INCLUDING POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ RLG
132 WWUS71 KBOX 070739 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 339 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2011 MAZ002-003-008>010-NHZ015-071100- /O.CON.KBOX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111007T1100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...PETERBOROUGH... WEARE 339 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE INCLUDING THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD... ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON... PETERBOROUGH AND WEARE. CHESHIRE COUNTY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WARNING AS THIS COUNTY EXPERIENCED A HARD FREEZE LAST NIGHT AND ESSENTIALLY ENDING THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THIS AREA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 7 AM. * IMPACTS...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS ESPECIALLY TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ CTZ003-004-MAZ004>007-011>014-017-018-020-021-023-026-NHZ012- RIZ001-071100- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-111007T1100Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 339 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE...MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARDS...WIDESPREAD FROST. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 7 AM. * IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION INCLUDING POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ RLG
244 WWUS71 KBOX 071103 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 703 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2011 MAZ002-003-008>010-NHZ015-071215- /O.EXP.KBOX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-111007T1100Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...PETERBOROUGH... WEARE 703 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... $$ CTZ003-004-MAZ004>007-011>014-017-018-020-021-023-026-NHZ012- RIZ001-071215- /O.EXP.KBOX.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-111007T1100Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-DUKES MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...VINEYARD HAVEN...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 703 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more | 15 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Massachusetts, 2011Freeze Warnings in New Hampshire, 2011Every freeze warning in 2011
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.