Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 7, 2011, 3:47 AM EST for Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 7, 2011, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2011, 3:47 AM EST (08:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2011, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2011, 3:28 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
674 WWUS41 KBOX 070847 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 347 AM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... MAZ002-008-009-071700- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0001.110107T2000Z-110108T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0001.110107T1700Z-110108T1000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 347 AM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...EXTREME WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO WORK INTO THE REGION BY NOON. THE SNOW WILL FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ CTZ002-003-MAZ003-010-011-071700- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0001.110107T2000Z-110108T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.110107T2000Z-110108T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD 347 AM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW EXCEPT UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY. * TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW MAY IMPACT THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * VISIBILITIES...1 TO 2 MILES BUT MAY LOWER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ CTZ004-MAZ004-012-026-071700- /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.110107T2200Z-110108T1000Z/ WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE... FITCHBURG...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER 347 AM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * VISIBILITIES...1 TO 2 MILES BUT MAY LOWER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ FRANK
2 follow-up statements
128 WWUS41 KBOX 071550 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1050 AM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... MAZ002-008-009-080000- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0001.110107T1700Z-110108T1000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 1050 AM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ CTZ002-003-MAZ003-010-011-080000- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.110107T2000Z-110108T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD 1050 AM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AND THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 2 AND 5 PM AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW MAY IMPACT THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ CTZ004-MAZ004-012-026-080000- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.110107T2200Z-110108T1000Z/ WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE... FITCHBURG...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER 1050 AM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$
247 WWUS41 KBOX 072028 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 328 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... MAZ002-008-009-080430- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110108T1000Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110108T1000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 328 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ CTZ004-MAZ004-012-026-080430- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.110107T2028Z-110108T1000Z/ WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE... FITCHBURG...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER 328 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ CTZ002-003-MAZ003-010-011-080430- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110108T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD 328 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AND THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL IMPACT THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 24 hr |
| Jan 7, 4:26 PM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 12 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2011Every winter storm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.