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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 9, 2011Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 6:49 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 56 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 9, 2011, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 7:09 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Brewster, MA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 33 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-267 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

547 
WUUS51 KBOX 092249
SVRBOX
MAC001-007-019-092345-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0049.110609T2249Z-110609T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
649 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARNSTABLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BARNSTABLE...
  DUKES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINEYARD HAVEN...
  NANTUCKET COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NANTUCKET...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF BARNSTABLE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  AQUINNAH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF
  BARNSTABLE TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF NEW BEDFORD...AND WAS MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CHILMARK...TISBURY...WEST
  TISBURY...OAK BLUFFS...DENNIS...YARMOUTH...WELLFLEET...BREWSTER...
  EDGARTOWN...ORLEANS...EASTHAM...HARWICH AND CHATHAM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...AS WELL
AS DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. GET TO SAFE SHELTER NOW...
INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER
TREES. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING. DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER AND AVOID
FLOODED ROADS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 4194 6997 4199 7007 4180 7002 4174 7036
      4134 7084 4130 7079 4135 7044 4142 7044
      4154 7060 4155 7048 4132 7029 4159 7044
      4166 7000 4133 7004 4132 7029 4123 7001
      4125 6996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 289DEG 30KT 4187 7032 4145 7086

$$

KJC
2 follow-up statements
142 
WWUS51 KBOX 092332
SVSBOX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
732 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

MAC007-019-092342-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110609T2345Z/
NANTUCKET MA-DUKES MA-
732 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DUKES AND NANTUCKET COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.

LAT...LON 4154 7000 4154 7001 4165 6998 4166 7000
      4164 7019 4162 7027 4163 7035 4160 7037
      4161 7039 4174 7030 4172 7026 4176 7020
      4179 7004 4182 7001 4183 6997 4175 6996
      4173 6999 4172 6997 4164 6996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 287DEG 29KT 4179 6984 4152 7029

$$

MAC001-092345-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110609T2345Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-
732 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARNSTABLE COUNTY...

AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ORLEANS TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF HYANNIS...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES EAST OF BARNSTABLE TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF
BARNSTABLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4154 7000 4154 7001 4165 6998 4166 7000
      4164 7019 4162 7027 4163 7035 4160 7037
      4161 7039 4174 7030 4172 7026 4176 7020
      4179 7004 4182 7001 4183 6997 4175 6996
      4173 6999 4172 6997 4164 6996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 287DEG 29KT 4179 6984 4152 7029

$$

KJC
371 
WWUS51 KBOX 092341
SVSBOX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
741 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

MAC001-092351-
/O.EXP.KBOX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110609T2345Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-
741 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARNSTABLE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.

LAT...LON 4154 7000 4154 7001 4165 6998 4166 7000
      4164 7019 4162 7027 4163 7035 4160 7037
      4161 7039 4174 7030 4172 7026 4176 7020
      4179 7004 4182 7001 4183 6997 4175 6996
      4173 6999 4172 6997 4164 6996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 287DEG 29KT 4176 6975 4150 7020

$$

KJC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin, Hampden, Hampshire48 min
Jun 8, 8:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXFranklin23 min
Jun 8, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester49 min
Jun 8, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex, Norfolk, Worcester48 min
Jun 8, 10:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Norfolk, Plymouth24 min
Jun 8, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Plymouth42 min
Jun 8, 10:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX41 min
Jun 8, 10:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX49 min
Jun 8, 10:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX39 min
Jun 8, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth38 min
Jun 8, 11:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX58 min
Jun 9, 12:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX41 min
Jun 9, 12:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden, Hampshire38 min
Jun 9, 1:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden, Worcester41 min
Jun 9, 1:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol50 min
Jun 9, 2:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX48 min
Jun 9, 2:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Plymouth23 min
Jun 9, 2:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX54 min
Jun 9, 2:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth27 min
Jun 9, 2:53 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX52 min
Jun 9, 8:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXNorfolk, Plymouth52 min
Jun 9, 10:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampshire39 min
Jun 9, 10:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden, Hampshire22 min
Jun 9, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXFranklin, Hampshire90 min
Jun 9, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin, Hampshire54 min
Jun 9, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester65 min
Jun 9, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX108 min
Jun 9, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester60 min
Jun 9, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex, Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and 1 more67 min
Jun 9, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester54 min
Jun 9, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX2 hr
Jun 9, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more66 min
Jun 9, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX112 min
Jun 9, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol53 min
Jun 9, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Plymouth62 min
Jun 9, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX2 hr

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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.