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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 25, 2012Hampden County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2012, 7:18 AM EDT for Hampden County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 87 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 25, 2012, 7:18 AM EDT (11:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2012, 8:45 AM EDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Hampden County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 weather statement went out at Jun 25, 5:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 5:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 6:42 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
642 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-261045-
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-
SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-
NANTUCKET MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
642 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL
MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND
SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
TODAY.  IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN BRIEF
NUISANCE FLOODING RESULTING IN THE NEED FOR SHORT FUSED FLOOD
ADVISORIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

CTZ002>004-261045-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-
642 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 425 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-261045-
BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL
MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND
NANTUCKET-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO
20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND-
642 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS
AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND
INTO THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 7:18 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
718 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

CTZ002-003-MAZ009-011-251245-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
718 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

AT 713 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH 12 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF TORRINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD
  TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS
  AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT THROUGH 830 AM.

* THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL RESULT IN
  URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
  PREPARED FOR A DIFFICULT MORNING RUSH HOUR AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT.

&&

LAT...LON 4231 7300 4234 7290 4224 7291 4218 7270
      4229 7261 4223 7263 4219 7237 4224 7223
      4203 7210 4196 7210 4195 7222 4175 7215
      4160 7234 4165 7252 4156 7294 4180 7302
      4197 7290 4197 7303 4210 7308

FRANK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXHampden, Hampshire3 hr
Jun 25, 8:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampden, Hampshire, Worcester34 min
Jun 25, 9:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXEssex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk49 min
Jun 25, 10:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX58 min
Jun 25, 10:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol52 min
Jun 25, 11:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX79 min
Jun 25, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXFranklin27 min
Jun 25, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampden40 min
Jun 25, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampden, Hampshire35 min
Jun 25, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampden38 min
Jun 25, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampshire41 min
Jun 25, 9:11 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXKent, Newport, Providence, Washington3 hr
Jun 25, 8:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX43 min
Jun 25, 11:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX55 min
Jun 25, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX37 min
Jun 25, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX26 min
Jun 25, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXCheshire57 min
Jun 25, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHillsborough62 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2012Special Weather Statements in Connecticut, 2012Every special weather statement 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.