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Areal Flood Advisory 49, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 25, 2014Hampshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 25, 2014, 10:03 PM EDT for Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2014, 10:03 PM EDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hampshire County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jun 25, 9:56 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 9:56 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 4:11 PM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
411 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

CTZ004-MAZ005>007-012>024-RIZ001>008-262015-
WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX 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-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
411 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS RHODE
ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS REGION DURING MID TO LATE
THURSDAY MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH THE
POTENTIAL OF LOCALIZED FLOODING. A FEW OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

CTZ002-003-MAZ002>004-008>011-026-NHZ011-012-015-262015-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-
NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
411 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN AND
WESTERN AREAS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND NEARBY SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...
ROUGHLY FROM ABOUT 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL ABOUT 8 PM THIS
EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF A FEW STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE HEAVY RAIN
MAY CAUSE VERY LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
AGAIN DURING THURSDAY. HOWEVER THE GREATER RISK IS FARTHER EAST
INTO EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-262015-
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-
411 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS
AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

AREAS OF DENSE FOG MAY AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS OF MASSACHUSETTS
AND RHODE ISLAND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON

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@NWSBOSTON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 7:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
709 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

NHZ011-015-260000-
CHESHIRE-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH-
709 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH AND CENTRAL
CHESHIRE COUNTIES...

AT 709 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SULLIVAN...OR NEAR KEENE...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KEENE...WEARE...SWANZEY...PETERBOROUGH...HILLSBOROUGH...NEW BOSTON...
ANTRIM...MARLBOROUGH...ALSTEAD...DEERING...GREENFIELD...HANCOCK...
DUBLIN...FRANCESTOWN...BENNINGTON...STODDARD...HARRISVILLE...
GILSUM...MARLOW AND SURRY.

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.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. FOR
YOUR SAFETY...GO INSIDE OR IN A VEHICLE. STAY AWAY FROM OPEN AREAS
SUCH AS BALL FIELDS...GOLF COURSES AND PARKS. WAIT AT LEAST 30
MINUTES AFTER THE STORM ENDS TO RESUME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

&&

LAT...LON 4312 7185 4315 7170 4300 7162 4288 7227
      4305 7236 4313 7213 4313 7204 4317 7203
      4320 7191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 250DEG 19KT 4299 7222

KJC
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
812 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

NHZ012-015-260100-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH-
812 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...

AT 811 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WEARE
TO NEAR NEW BOSTON TO NEAR GREENFIELD...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANCHESTER...MERRIMACK...BEDFORD...GOFFSTOWN...MILFORD...AMHERST...
WEARE...LITCHFIELD...PETERBOROUGH...NEW BOSTON...WILTON...MONT
VERNON...GREENFIELD...LYNDEBOROUGH...FRANCESTOWN...TEMPLE AND SHARON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4315 7167 4305 7164 4307 7152 4305 7151
      4304 7146 4302 7145 4301 7139 4294 7137
      4293 7145 4289 7144 4280 7157 4283 7198
      4297 7180 4314 7171
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 265DEG 20KT 4312 7167 4298 7174 4289 7186

NOCERA
Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
841 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0834 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MONROE                  42.72N  72.95W
06/25/2014                   FRANKLIN           MA   AMATEUR RADIO

            BLACK BROOK ROAD WASHED OUT AND IMPASSABLE ALONG WITH
            LARGE BOULDERS

&&

EVT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXFranklin6 hr
Jun 25, 11:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXFranklin2 hr
Jun 25, 11:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXHampden, Hampshire119 min
Jun 26, 12:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXMiddlesex, Worcester2 hr
Jun 26, 1:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXEssex, Middlesex, Worcester2 hr
Jun 26, 3:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXEssex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk66 min
Jun 26, 4:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXEssex117 min
Jun 26, 4:28 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX11 hr
Jun 26, 3:39 PM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasBOX12 hr
Jun 26, 5:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXBristol56 min
Jun 26, 3:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region60 min

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Areal Flood Advisories in Massachusetts, 2014Every areal flood advisory in 2014

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.