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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 29, 2011Hampden County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2011, 12:51 AM EDT for Hampden County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2011, 12:51 AM EDT (04:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2011, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Hampden County, MA

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 weather statement went out at Jun 28, 9:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 9:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:34 AM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1234 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2011

MAZ002-003-NHZ011-290515-
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
1234 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2011

AT 1230 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL 2 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BERNARDSTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF GREENFIELD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...NORTHFIELD...HINSDALE...WARWICK
  AND WINCHESTER.

FOR YOUR SAFETY...GET INSIDE WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH. WINDS MAY BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN SMALL BRANCHES. MINOR STREET FLOODING AND
PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4274 7276 4273 7247 4277 7250 4276 7252
      4278 7252 4280 7254 4283 7255 4290 7238
      4262 7225 4257 7273 4273 7279

RLG
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:36 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:51 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 12:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXFranklin41 min
Jun 29, 1:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXFranklin45 min
Jun 29, 4:34 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX56 min
Jun 29, 5:20 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX55 min
Jun 29, 7:32 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX22 min
Jun 29, 1:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX43 min
Jun 29, 12:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHillsborough39 min
Jun 29, 1:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHillsborough47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2011Every special weather statement 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.