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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 3, 2014Middlesex County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2014, 4:20 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 25 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: Jul 3, 2014, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Middlesex County, MA

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 3, 11:10 AM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 11:10 AM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 4:16 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
251 PM EDT THU JUL 03 2014

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

0234 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MONTGOMERY              42.20N  72.80W
07/03/2014                   HAMPDEN            MA   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE DOWN ON RUSSELL ROAD

0234 PM     HAIL             MONTGOMERY              42.20N  72.80W
07/03/2014  M1.00 INCH       HAMPDEN            MA   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

KAB

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:36 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:50 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:11 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:20 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
420 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

NHZ012-032045-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH-
420 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...

AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PELHAM...OR NEAR DRACUT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NASHUA...HUDSON AND PELHAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GET INDOORS WHEN THIS STORM APPROACHES. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE...SUCH AS DOWNED BRANCHES. MINOR URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT
AND  MASSACHUSETTS.

LAT...LON 4279 7137 4277 7135 4276 7127 4270 7130
      4270 7143 4275 7146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 239DEG 19KT 4271 7137

KJC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 4:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	41 hr
Jul 3, 4:45 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		18 hr
Jul 3, 11:02 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		43 min
Jul 3, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	47 min
Jul 3, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	42 min
Jul 3, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	43 min
Jul 3, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	48 min
Jul 3, 3:26 PM EDT	Tropical Storm Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Nantucket	38 hr
Jul 3, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	39 min
Jul 3, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	33 min
Jul 3, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	40 min
Jul 3, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	48 min
Jul 3, 5:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Worcester	59 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex	44 min
Jul 3, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		53 min
Jul 3, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex	51 min
Jul 3, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		56 min
Jul 3, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex	17 min
Jul 3, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	63 min
Jul 3, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden	66 min
Jul 3, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	46 min
Jul 3, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hillsborough	49 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.