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Special Marine Warning 91, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 22, 2011

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special marine warning at Aug 22, 2011, 3:14 AM EDT. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2011, 3:14 AM EDT (07:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2011, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Aug 22, 2:51 AM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:51 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 4:03 AM EDT, 23 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
403 AM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-220815-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-
WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
403 AM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
HAIL. THEY MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT COULD CAUSE
LOCAL URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. THE GREATEST RISK OF
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...
CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY.

ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-220815-
BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL
MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND
NANTUCKET-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO
20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND-
403 AM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS
AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 21, 10:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1012 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0221 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KEENE                   42.95N  72.30W
08/21/2011                   CHESHIRE           NH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE LIMBS DOWN BLOCKING WASHINGTON AND MECHANIC
            STREETS IN DOWNTOWN KEENE

0228 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WESTMORELAND            42.97N  72.45W
08/21/2011                   CHESHIRE           NH   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON SOUTH VILLAGE ROAD

0229 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SURRY                   43.05N  72.33W
08/21/2011                   CHESHIRE           NH   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD ON ROUTE 12A NEAR FIRE STATION

0235 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WALPOLE                 43.08N  72.43W
08/21/2011                   CHESHIRE           NH   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON KINGSBURY ROAD. LARGE LIMBS
            DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD.

0237 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALSTEAD                 43.15N  72.37W
08/21/2011                   CHESHIRE           NH   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES DOWN ON WIRES ON ROUTE 12A. TREES AND WIRES DOWN
            BLOCKING HIGH STREET.

0246 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KEENE                   42.95N  72.30W
08/21/2011                   CHESHIRE           NH   CO-OP OBSERVER

            NUMEROUS REPORTS THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN KEENE OF MULTIPLE
            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN OBSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS AND ROADS.
            ONE TREE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND ANOTHER TREE DOWN
            ACROSS A PORTION OF A HOUSE.

0352 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HARTFORD                41.77N  72.68W
08/21/2011                   HARTFORD           CT   AMATEUR RADIO

            LARGE TREE DOWN ON HOUSE ON PLINY STREET

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PLAINFIELD              42.52N  72.92W
08/21/2011                   HAMPSHIRE          MA   AMATEUR RADIO

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 116...ROAD CLOSED

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EVT
Local storm report, Aug 21, 10:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 10:45 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX12 hr
Aug 22, 1:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX46 min
Aug 22, 2:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX48 min
Aug 22, 5:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX57 min

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Special Marine Warnings in Massachusetts, 2011Every special marine 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.