Alert archive / Massachusetts / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2014, 2:49 PM EDT for Essex County, Middlesex County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2014, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2014, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Suffolk County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
682
WGUS51 KBOX 161849
FFWBOX
MAC009-017-025-162145-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0028.140716T1849Z-140716T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
249 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
EAST CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 248 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS AREAS IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BOSTON...CAMBRIDGE...LYNN...SOMERVILLE...MALDEN...MEDFORD...
REVERE...PEABODY...EVERETT...SALEM...BEVERLY...CHELSEA...
GLOUCESTER...MELROSE...SAUGUS...DANVERS...MARBLEHEAD...
SWAMPSCOTT...IPSWICH...HAMILTON...ROCKPORT...MANCHESTER...WENHAM...
ESSEX AND NAHANT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING. FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES IS
IMMINENT. IN URBAN AREAS AVOID FLOODED ROADS AND OBEY ROAD CLOSURES.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS AND FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.
&&
LAT...LON 4265 7076 4269 7064 4266 7059 4258 7066
4261 7066 4253 7078 4254 7089 4253 7090
4253 7088 4252 7089 4251 7082 4244 7092
4242 7091 4246 7094 4239 7098 4236 7113
4273 7079
$$
SIPPRELL1 follow-up statement
573
WGUS71 KBOX 162117 RRA
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
517 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014
MAC009-017-025-162127-
/O.CAN.KBOX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140716T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUFFOLK MA-MIDDLESEX MA-ESSEX MA-
517 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...EAST CENTRAL
MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4265 7076 4269 7064 4266 7059 4258 7066
4261 7066 4253 7078 4254 7089 4253 7090
4253 7088 4252 7089 4251 7082 4244 7092
4242 7091 4246 7094 4239 7098 4236 7113
4273 7079
$$
SIPPRELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 9:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 11:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 12:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 65 min | |
| Jul 16, 4:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Dukes | 57 min |
| Jul 16, 4:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 8:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 118 min |
| Jul 16, 9:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 10:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 81 min |
| Jul 16, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex, Suffolk | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 3:35 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 24 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.