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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 8, 2011Providence County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2011, 11:28 AM EDT for Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 62 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: Jul 8, 2011, 11:28 AM EDT (15:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2011, 12:30 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

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

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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 Jul 8, 10:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 10:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 4:26 AM EDT, 7 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
426 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-090830-
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-
426 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 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.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-090830-
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-
426 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
839 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

MAZ008>011-081345-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN
HAMPSHIRE MA-
839 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

AT 837 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR TOLLAND
MASSACHUSETTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BLANDFORD...HUNTINGTON...
  RUSSELL...MONTGOMERY...WESTFIELD...SOUTHAMPTON...WEST
  SPRINGFIELD...WESTHAMPTON...EASTHAMPTON...HOLYOKE...NORTHAMPTON...
  CHICOPEE...SOUTH HADLEY...LUDLOW...HATFIELD...HADLEY...GRANBY...
  AMHERST AND BELCHERTOWN.

FOR YOUR SAFETY...GET INSIDE WHEN THIS STORM APPROACHES. WINDS MAY BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN SMALL BRANCHES. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE
MINOR STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS SUCH
AS UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 4215 7307 4215 7304 4225 7301 4243 7250
      4219 7234 4203 7303 4212 7308 4214 7308

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 9:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 9:59 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 10:09 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 11:02 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:28 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 5:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	42 min
Jul 8, 5:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	42 min
Jul 8, 6:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	45 min
Jul 8, 6:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	56 min
Jul 8, 6:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	38 min
Jul 8, 7:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Worcester	34 min
Jul 8, 7:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk	41 min
Jul 8, 8:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	53 min
Jul 8, 8:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth	3 hr
Jul 8, 8:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol	71 min
Jul 8, 8:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	66 min
Jul 8, 8:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	27 min
Jul 8, 9:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth	2 hr
Jul 8, 9:50 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		25 min
Jul 8, 10:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable	66 min
Jul 8, 10:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable	94 min
Jul 8, 11:06 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		54 min
Jul 8, 11:53 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		67 min
Jul 8, 8:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Kent	58 min
Jul 8, 11:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Kent, Providence	93 min
Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	6 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Rhode Island, 2011 Special Weather Statements in Connecticut, 2011 Every special weather statement in 2011

Sources

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