Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Aug 1, 2011, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)

Expired

Aug 1, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The Boston radar (KBOX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

999 
WUUS51 KBOX 011959
SVRBOX
MAC011-027-012100-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0090.110801T1959Z-110801T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
  NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 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 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENFIELD...AND WAS MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ERVING...WENDELL...ORANGE
  AND NEW SALEM.

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 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 4265 7222 4248 7231 4263 7259 4272 7250
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 301DEG 9KT 4265 7245

$$
FIELD

285 
WWUS51 KBOX 012028
SVSBOX

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

MAC011-027-012100-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110801T2100Z/
WORCESTER MA-FRANKLIN MA-
428 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WORCESTER
COUNTIES...

AT 426 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 HAS 
PRODUCED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN NORTHFIELD AND KNOCKED DOWN TREES AND 
WIRES. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ORANGE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF 
GREENFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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 4262 7224 4250 7230 4258 7239 4262 7235
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 302DEG 11KT 4260 7236

$$
FIELD

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.