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Small Craft Advisory 58, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 22, 2013

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at May 22, 2013, 4:25 AM EDT. It took effect at May 23, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 22, 2013, 4:25 AM EDT (08:25 UTC)
In effect from: May 23, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 27, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at May 22, 4:11 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 4:11 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 4:23 AM EDT, 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 10:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1051 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

MAZ002>004-008-010-NHZ011-220330-
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-CHESHIRE NH-
1051 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 1049 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TOWNSHEND
TO HEATH TO HANCOCK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BELLOWS FALLS TO 11 MILES WEST OF GREENFIELD TO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PITTSFIELD...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHAMPTON...KEENE...AMHERST...GREENFIELD...JAFFREY...WESTHAMPTON...
GOSHEN...WILLIAMSBURG...SURRY...GILSUM...SULLIVAN...HUBBARDSTON...
GARDNER...EASTHAMPTON...LEYDEN...DEERFIELD...ROYALSTON...ATHOL...
LEVERETT AND SHUTESBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GET INDOORS WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE...SUCH AS DOWNED BRANCHES. MINOR URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4239 7301 4263 7295 4267 7300 4271 7296
      4270 7300 4274 7294 4273 7246 4288 7256
      4295 7254 4300 7245 4309 7243 4300 7206
      4269 7189 4240 7195 4224 7281 4227 7288
      4234 7290 4232 7299 4236 7306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 289DEG 37KT 4306 7260 4264 7282 4256 7333

DUNTEN

Special weather statement, May 21, 11:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 12:19 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 12:20 AM EDT, 4 hours 5 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
May 21, 8:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		63 min
May 21, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	45 min
May 21, 10:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	39 min
May 21, 11:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	44 min
May 22, 12:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	117 min
May 22, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	84 min
May 22, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	40 min
May 22, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	65 min
May 22, 5:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BOX	Franklin	42 min
May 22, 5:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BOX	Franklin	50 min
May 22, 5:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BOX	Franklin, Worcester	46 min
May 22, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Worcester	45 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.