Alert archive / Massachusetts / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 21, 2014, 6:06 PM EDT for Hampden County, Hampshire County, Worcester 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
- Oct 21, 2014, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
340
WGUS51 KBOX 212206
FFWBOX
MAC013-015-027-220100-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0046.141021T2206Z-141022T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
606 PM EDT TUE OCT 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
WEST CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 606 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER PALMER...WARE...AND WARREN SO FAR THIS
EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE BARELY MOVING...SO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...LUDLOW...BELCHERTOWN...WILBRAHAM...PALMER...
SPENCER...WARE...MONSON...TEMPLETON...RUTLAND...BARRE...HAMPDEN...
WARREN...NORTH BROOKFIELD...HUBBARDSTON...WEST BROOKFIELD...
BRIMFIELD...BROOKFIELD...HARDWICK...OAKHAM...WALES...PHILLIPSTON...
PETERSHAM AND NEW BRAINTREE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING. IN URBAN AREAS AVOID FLOODED ROADS AND OBEY
ROAD CLOSURES. THOSE NEAR SMALL STREAMS MUST HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4212 7251 4252 7209 4241 7192 4203 7229
4203 7232
$$
RLG1 follow-up statement
505 WGUS71 KBOX 212247 FFSBOX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 647 PM EDT TUE OCT 21 2014 MAC013-015-027-220100- /O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-141022T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HAMPDEN MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-WORCESTER MA- 647 PM EDT TUE OCT 21 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMPDEN...SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE AND WEST CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTIES... AT 644 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WITH AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 5 INCHES IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF WARE...AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF WARREN AND PALMER MASSACHUSETTS. FLASH FLOODING IS EITHER ALREADY ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. IN URBAN AREAS AVOID FLOODED ROADS AND OBEY ROAD CLOSURES. THOSE NEAR SMALL STREAMS MUST HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. && LAT...LON 4219 7237 4233 7223 4223 7209 4204 7228 $$ SIPPRELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 3:59 PM EDT | Gale Watch | BOX | 13 hr | |
| Oct 21, 3:59 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 26 hr | |
| Oct 21, 5:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 116 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.