Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 7, 2011, 9:07 PM EST for Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 6 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, 9:07 PM EST (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2011, 3:36 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
514 WWUS41 KBOX 080207 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 907 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW OVERNIGHT... CTZ002-003-MAZ008-009-081000- /O.UPG.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110108T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0002.110108T0207Z-110108T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 907 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...HARTFORD AND TOLLAND COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS EXTREME WESTERN HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...EXCEPT 6 TO 10 INCHES IN HARTFORD COUNTY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 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. && $$ MAZ002-081000- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110108T1000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHARLEMONT 907 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...EXTREME WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ CTZ004-MAZ003-004-010>012-026-081000- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110108T1000Z/ WINDHAM CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER 907 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...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS WINDHAM COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TOWARD MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. 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. && $$ FRANK/WTB
2 follow-up statements
387 WWUS41 KBOX 080342 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1042 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW OVERNIGHT... CTZ002-003-MAZ008-009-081000- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110108T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 1042 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...HARTFORD AND TOLLAND COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS EXTREME WESTERN HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN HARTFORD COUNTY WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING. THE SNOW WILL COME TO AN END A BIT EARLIER ACROSS HARTFORD COUNTY. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * VISIBILITIES...1/2 TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ RIZ001>004-006-008-081000- /O.EXA.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110108T1000Z/ NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE... WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...BLOCK ISLAND 1042 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST THROUGH 1 AM. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...EAST AROUND 5 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...MAY BE BRIEFLY ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. 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. && $$ MAZ002-081000- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110108T1000Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHARLEMONT 1042 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...EXTREME WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ CTZ004-MAZ003-004-010>012-026-081000- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110108T1000Z/ WINDHAM CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER 1042 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...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS WINDHAM COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TOWARD MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. 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. && $$ FRANK
091 WWUS41 KBOX 080836 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 336 AM EST SAT JAN 8 2011 CTZ002-003-MAZ008-009-080945- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110108T1000Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD 336 AM EST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVY SNOW HAS COME TO AN END EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS MAY BRING AND ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO EARLY THIS MORNING. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY SO MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. $$ CTZ004-MAZ002>004-010>012-026-RIZ001>004-006-008-080945- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110108T1000Z/ WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT... GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... BLOCK ISLAND 336 AM EST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING MAY RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOW WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION SO THE ADVISORY IS BEING CANCELLED. NONETHELESS...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR UNTREATED ROADS TO BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS MORNING $$ FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 4:19 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 36 hr | |
| Jan 8, 4:19 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 67 hr | |
| Jan 8, 4:25 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Hampden, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:34 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth | 10 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2011Winter Storm Warnings in Connecticut, 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.