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Special Marine Warning 21, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 26, 2012

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special marine warning at Jun 26, 2012, 1:04 AM EDT. It was in force for 56 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 26, 2012, 1:04 AM EDT (05:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:07 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

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 49 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2012-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 254 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2012-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

963 
WHUS51 KBOX 260504
SMWBOX
ANZ254-255-271-272-260600-
/O.NEW.KBOX.MA.W.0021.120626T0504Z-120626T0600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
104 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND
  NANTUCKET OVER ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...
  PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM OVER
  ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...
  OCEAN WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN TO NANTUCKET FROM 20 TO 35 NM
  OFFSHORE OVER ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...
  OCEAN WATERS FROM MARTHAS VINEYARD TO NANTUCKET FROM 25 TO 45 NM
  OFFSHORE OVER ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...
  INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS EAST OF NANTUCKET...THE COASTAL WATERS
  SOUTH OF NANTUCKET AND SURFSIDE ON NANTUCKET...

* UNTIL 200 AM EDT

* AT 106 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER 7 NM
  SOUTH OF THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF NANTUCKET...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 KNOTS.

EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ROUGH WAVES AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK
SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK
IF POSSIBLE. KEEP AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4072 6987 4082 7038 4125 7014 4126 6997
      4135 7002 4151 7000 4181 6983 4163 6925
TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 205DEG 27KT 4102 7000

$$

KJC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 9:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXNorfolk, Suffolk38 min
Jun 26, 3:26 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX43 hr
Jun 26, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXPlymouth28 min
Jun 26, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXEssex33 min
Jun 26, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXPlymouth30 min
Jun 26, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXPlymouth37 min
Jun 26, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBarnstable36 min
Jun 26, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXPlymouth25 min

Nearby

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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.