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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2012, 9:41 AM EDT for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 64 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 15, 2012, 9:41 AM EDT (13:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2012, 10:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1897 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
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 Aug 15, 8:46 AM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 8:46 AM EDT, 55 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 4:16 AM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 416 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-160815- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-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- 416 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...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. ISOALTED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT COULD BE STRONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL IN SOUTHEAST NH...EASTERN MA...AND RHODE ISLAND THU MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS.. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. BE PREPARED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING...STRONG WINDS...OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-160815- 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- 416 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL IN SOUTHEAST NH...EASTERN MA...AND RHODE ISLAND THU MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS.. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FIELD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 15, 6:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
627 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 AM FLOOD WEST SPRINGFIELD 42.12N 72.65W
08/15/2012 HAMPDEN MA AMATEUR RADIO
ONE CAR STUCK AT RESTAURANT ON ROUTE 5. WATER REPORTED
UP TO FLOOR BOARD OF CAR ON PROSPECT STREET. WESTFIELD
BARNES AIRPORT RECORDED 1.14 INCHES IN 20 MINUTES BUT
TOTAL WAS LESS THAN 1.50 INCHES.
0536 AM TSTM WND DMG WEST SPRINGFIELD 42.12N 72.65W
08/15/2012 HAMPDEN MA AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON BEAR HOLE ROAD AND PROSPECT
STREET.
&&
GAFSpecial weather statement, Aug 15, 8:01 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
801 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
MAZ013>019-022-151245-
BARNSTABLE MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL
MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WESTERN
PLYMOUTH MA-
801 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
AT 757 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER
FOXBOROUGH...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...SHARON...EASTON...NORWOOD...
CANTON...STOUGHTON...BROCKTON...AVON...RANDOLPH...MILTON...
HOLBROOK...ABINGTON...BRAINTREE...ROCKLAND...QUINCY...WEYMOUTH...
HINGHAM...HULL...NORWELL...SCITUATE AND COHASSET.
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 4197 7126 4213 7138 4232 7096 4232 7095
4234 7093 4231 7092 4232 7089 4233 7091
4235 7087 4232 7089 4228 7086 4226 7078
4226 7077 4224 7074 4223 7075 4221 7071
4216 7071
KJCLocal storm report, Aug 15, 8:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Aug 15, 9:30 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
930 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 AM FLOOD WEST SPRINGFIELD 42.12N 72.65W
08/15/2012 HAMPDEN MA AMATEUR RADIO
ONE CAR STUCK AT RESTAURANT ON ROUTE 5. WATER REPORTED
UP TO FLOOR BOARD OF CAR ON PROSPECT STREET. WESTFIELD
BARNES AIRPORT RECORDED 1.14 INCHES IN 20 MINUTES BUT
TOTAL WAS LESS THAN 1.50 INCHES.
0536 AM TSTM WND DMG WEST SPRINGFIELD 42.12N 72.65W
08/15/2012 HAMPDEN MA AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON BEAR HOLE ROAD AND PROSPECT
STREET.
0808 AM FLOOD PROVIDENCE 41.82N 71.42W
08/15/2012 PROVIDENCE RI TRAINED SPOTTER
RTE 10 N AT EXIT 6 FLOODED WITH CARS STRANDED
0820 AM FLOOD ATTLEBORO 41.94N 71.29W
08/15/2012 BRISTOL MA NWS EMPLOYEE
PLEASANT STREET FLOODED
0845 AM FLOOD BRISTOL 41.68N 71.27W
08/15/2012 BRISTOL RI TRAINED SPOTTER
60 PERSENT OF ROADS IN DOWNTOWN BRISTOL FLOODED
0905 AM FLOOD QUINCY 42.26N 71.01W
08/15/2012 NORFOLK MA AMATEUR RADIO
SPANISH AVE TO WALISTON BEACH AND HANCOCK STREET CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING
0925 AM FLOOD FALL RIVER 41.71N 71.11W
08/15/2012 BRISTOL MA TRAINED SPOTTER
FLOODING ON INTERSTATE 195 EAST BOUND BY THE ENTRANCE
TO BRAGA BRIDGE
&&
AEDSpecial weather statement, Aug 15, 9:41 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
941 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
MAZ018>023-151445-
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL
MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
941 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
AT 940 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAREHAM TO 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CHILMARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH
OF PLYMOUTH TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF NEW BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BOURNE...CHILMARK...SANDWICH...
FALMOUTH...WEST TISBURY...TISBURY...VINEYARD HAVEN...MASHPEE...OAK
BLUFFS...EDGARTOWN...BARNSTABLE...HYANNIS...YARMOUTH...DENNIS AND
BREWSTER.
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 STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW
LYING AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.
&&
LAT...LON 4165 7012 4150 7070 4143 7045 4135 7044
4134 7045 4135 7085 4147 7067 4149 7071
4141 7096 4158 7065 4167 7066 4171 7067
4150 7098 4150 7100 4191 7074 4191 7054
4177 7048 4172 7026 4191 6996
KJCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 3:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 5:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 5:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 6:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 61 min | |
| Aug 15, 6:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and 1 more | 113 min |
| Aug 15, 8:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 93 min |
| Aug 15, 8:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 74 min |
| Aug 15, 9:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 63 min | |
| Aug 15, 9:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth | 67 min |
| Aug 15, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 66 min |
| Aug 15, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 64 min |
| Aug 15, 6:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 62 min | |
| Aug 15, 5:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 68 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
Sources
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