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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 30, 2013Franklin County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2013, 4:18 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 42 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 30, 2013, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Franklin County, MA

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The text

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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 30, 4:04 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 4:04 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 4:50 AM EDT, 11 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
227 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

MAZ003-010-301915-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
227 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

...POTENTIALLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEVERETT...

AT 222 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A POSSIBLE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEVERETT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FRANKLIN
AND NORTH CENTRAL EASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MINOR URBAN AND
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 4273 7242 4272 7228 4268 7227 4266 7223
      4264 7222 4262 7223 4261 7225 4260 7227
      4258 7226 4258 7228 4254 7227 4237 7252
      4243 7265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 219DEG 23KT 4245 7254

FRANK

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:18 PM EDT, 0 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
Jun 30, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	48 min
Jun 30, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	38 min
Jun 30, 4:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin	2 hr
Jun 30, 4:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin	115 min
Jun 30, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	44 min
Jun 30, 4:38 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	BOX	Washington	16 hr
Jun 30, 5:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Cheshire, Hillsborough	2 hr
Jun 30, 5:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Cheshire	3 hr
Jun 30, 6:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Hillsborough	2 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2013 Every special weather statement in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.