Alert archive / Massachusetts / Areal Flood Advisories in 2014
Areal Flood Advisory 49, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
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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</html>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 YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @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
KJCSpecial 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
NOCERALocal 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
&&
EVTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 119 min |
| Jun 26, 12:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 4:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Essex | 117 min |
| Jun 26, 4:28 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 11 hr | |
| Jun 26, 3:39 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 12 hr | |
| Jun 26, 5:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 3:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 60 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.