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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
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.
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
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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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</html>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.
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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
FRANKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 9:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 10:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 58 min | |
| Jun 25, 10:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 11:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 79 min | |
| Jun 25, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 9:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 43 min | |
| Jun 25, 11:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 55 min | |
| Jun 25, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 37 min | |
| Jun 25, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 26 min | |
| Jun 25, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Cheshire | 57 min |
| Jun 25, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hillsborough | 62 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.