Alert archive / Massachusetts / Frost Advisories in 2012
Frost Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this frost advisory at May 11, 2012, 4:03 AM EDT for Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Cheshire County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It took effect at May 12, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2012, 4:03 AM EDT (08:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 12, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
969 WWUS71 KBOX 110803 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 403 AM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012 NHZ011-111615- /O.NEW.KBOX.FR.Y.0004.120512T0600Z-120512T1200Z/ CHESHIRE NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE 403 AM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...CHESHIRE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARDS...FROST * TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES 34 TO 36 DEGREES. * TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...FROST COULD DAMAGE ANY TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS OUTDOORS LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ WTB
5 follow-up statements
809 WWUS71 KBOX 111414 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1014 AM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012 NHZ011-112215- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0004.120512T0600Z-120512T1200Z/ CHESHIRE NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE 1014 AM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...CHESHIRE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARDS...FROST * TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES 34 TO 36 DEGREES. * TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...FROST COULD DAMAGE ANY TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS OUTDOORS LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$
798 WWUS71 KBOX 111937 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 337 PM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012 MAZ002-003-008>011-NHZ015-120345- /O.EXA.KBOX.FR.Y.0004.120512T0600Z-120512T1200Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 337 PM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WELL AS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARDS...FROST * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. * TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...FROST COULD DAMAGE ANY TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS OUTDOORS VERY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ NHZ011-120345- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0004.120512T0600Z-120512T1200Z/ CHESHIRE NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE 337 PM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...CHESHIRE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARDS...FROST * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. * TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...FROST COULD DAMAGE ANY TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS OUTDOORS LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ FRANK
013 WWUS71 KBOX 120212 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1012 PM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012 MAZ002-003-008>011-NHZ011-015-121015- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0004.120512T0600Z-120512T1200Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1012 PM EDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...CHESHIRE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARDS...FROST * TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES 32 TO 36 DEGREES. * TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...FROST COULD DAMAGE ANY TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS OUTDOORS LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ WTB
893 WWUS71 KBOX 120757 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 357 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2012 MAZ002-003-008>011-NHZ011-015-121200- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120512T1200Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 357 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...CHESHIRE COUNTY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE FRANKLIN-HAMPSHIRE-HAMPDEN COUNTIES IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. * HAZARDS...FROST * TEMPERATURES...33 TO 36 DEGREES * TIMING...THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROST COULD DAMAGE ANY TENDER VEGETATION THAT IS OUTDOORS EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ WTB
535 WWUS71 KBOX 121211 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 811 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2012 MAZ002-003-008>011-NHZ011-015-121315- /O.EXP.KBOX.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120512T1200Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- CHESHIRE NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 811 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED THIS MORNING DISSIPATING THE THREAT OF FROST. $$ SIPPRELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:58 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 28 hr |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in Massachusetts, 2012Frost Advisories in New Hampshire, 2012Every frost advisory in 2012
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.