Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Aug 1, 2011, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)

Expired

Aug 1, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Cheshire County, NH

The Boston radar (KBOX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS51 KBOX 011918
SVRBOX
MAC011-027-NHC005-012000-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0086.110801T1918Z-110801T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
318 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHESHIRE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...
  NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 313 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BERNARDSTON...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENFIELD...AND WAS MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...NORTHFIELD...WARWICK...
  ORANGE...ATHOL...ROYALSTON...PHILLIPSTON AND WINCHENDON.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4274 7252 4273 7246 4274 7247 4269 7203
      4250 7209 4267 7257
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 289DEG 27KT 4269 7248

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FIELD

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WWUS51 KBOX 011942
SVSBOX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
342 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

MAC011-027-NHC005-012000-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110801T2000Z/
CHESHIRE NH-WORCESTER MA-FRANKLIN MA-
342 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHWESTERN WORCESTER AND EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN CHESHIRE COUNTIES...

AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GILL...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENFIELD...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WARWICK...ORANGE AND ATHOL

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4274 7249 4273 7246 4266 7216 4256 7225
      4259 7235 4266 7256
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 298DEG 15KT 4265 7243

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FIELD

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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.