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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2014, 3:33 AM EDT for Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 27 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 18, 2014, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Plymouth County, MA
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The text
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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 18, 2:44 AM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:44 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 401 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-182015- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN 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- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 401 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW TO MODERATE PROBABILITY OF A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...MAINLY THROUGH THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE PROBABILITY OF SOME DENSE FOG PARTICULARLY FOR SOUTH COASTAL LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH COAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-182015- 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- 401 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WATERS TONIGHT...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE STRONG. THERE IS A MODERATE PROBABILITY OF DENSE FOG ACROSS PARTICULARLY THE SOUTHERN WATERS OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WATERS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. 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 18, 1:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
129 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
CTZ002-MAZ008>011-180630-
HARTFORD-WESTERN HAMPDEN-EASTERN HAMPDEN-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE-WESTERN
HAMPSHIRE-
129 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2014
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT
AND SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS...
AT 125 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR OTIS TO NEAR FALLS
VILLAGE TO NEAR HOPEWELL JUNCTION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG
WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...CHICOPEE...ENFIELD...WESTFIELD...HOLYOKE...WINDSOR...
AGAWAM...WEST SPRINGFIELD...SIMSBURY...BLOOMFIELD...AVON...
LONGMEADOW...SUFFIELD...EAST LONGMEADOW...WILBRAHAM...WINDSOR
LOCKS...GRANBY...CANTON...SOUTHWICK AND BURLINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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 STORMS END TO RESUME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4212 7306 4215 7307 4215 7303 4231 7300
4231 7303 4235 7306 4212 7242 4172 7300
4180 7302 4181 7295 4189 7294 4190 7291
4197 7289 4197 7303 4204 7301 4204 7306
4211 7307
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 320DEG 36KT 4222 7304 4200 7343 4158 7374
FIELDSpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 2:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 1:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 1:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 2:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 28 min |
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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.