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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 5, 2012Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 5, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2012, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Hillsborough County, NH

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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, Gray, ME at 00:00Z on 2012-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 249 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, Gray, ME at 00:00Z on 2012-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

230 
WWUS81 KBOX 060200
SPSBOX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1000 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

NHZ011-012-015-060230-
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH
NH-
1000 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

AT 955 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND 
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR PETERBOROUGH...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...GREENFIELD...WILTON...
  LYNDEBOROUGH...FRANCESTOWN...MONT VERNON...NEW BOSTON...WEARE...
  GOFFSTOWN...BEDFORD AND MANCHESTER.

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.

HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE MINOR STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN
LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 4306 7164 4307 7152 4306 7151 4305 7149
      4304 7148 4305 7146 4302 7144 4302 7140
      4295 7137 4278 7192 4292 7205 4315 7167

$$

WTB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin, Hampden, Hampshire41 min
Aug 5, 8:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXHampden, Hampshire117 min
Aug 6, 12:24 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX7 hr
Aug 6, 7:11 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasBOX9 hr
Aug 5, 9:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol, Kent55 min
Aug 5, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX62 min
Aug 5, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXCheshire63 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.