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Special Marine Warning 73, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 15, 2012

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special marine warning at Aug 15, 2012, 8:50 PM EDT. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 2012, 8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2012, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning 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 marine warning went out at Aug 15, 6:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 6:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 3:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
539 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

CTZ003-MAZ008>011-152245-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN
MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
539 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

AT 537 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND
PENNY SIZED HAIL 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NORTHAMPTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...SOUTHAMPTON...EASTHAMPTON...
  WESTFIELD...SOUTHWICK...HOLYOKE...WEST SPRINGFIELD...SOUTH
  HADLEY...GRANBY...CHICOPEE...AGAWAM...WILBRAHAM...SPRINGFIELD...
  LUDLOW...LONGMEADOW...EAST LONGMEADOW AND BELCHERTOWN.

FOR YOUR SAFETY...GET INSIDE WHEN THIS STORM APPROACHES. WINDS MAY BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN SMALL BRANCHES. MINOR STREET FLOODING AND
PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4217 7285 4224 7283 4234 7283 4226 7231
      4203 7244 4204 7276 4210 7284 4213 7284

DUNTEN

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 15, 6:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 15, 7:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 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
Aug 15, 8:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		90 min
Aug 15, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		2 hr
Aug 15, 10:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth	116 min
Aug 15, 10:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Worcester	3 hr
Aug 15, 10:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	53 min
Aug 15, 11:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable	2 hr
Aug 15, 11:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk	3 hr
Aug 16, 12:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	3 hr
Aug 16, 1:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Worcester	104 min
Aug 16, 2:11 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Worcester	3 hr
Aug 16, 3:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	3 hr
Aug 16, 3:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	3 hr
Aug 16, 6:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	35 min
Aug 15, 8:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington	3 hr
Aug 16, 8:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		25 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Massachusetts, 2012 Every special marine warning in 2012

Sources

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