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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 9, 2014Franklin County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2014, 8:04 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 41 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 9, 2014, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Franklin County, MA

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:04 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
804 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

MAZ002-003-008-100045-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE-
804 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

AT 804 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PLAINFIELD...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH
ADAMS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENFIELD...ORANGE...DEERFIELD...MONTAGUE...SUNDERLAND...
NORTHFIELD...BERNARDSTON...BUCKLAND...CONWAY...SHELBURNE...
LEVERETT...ERVING...SHUTESBURY...ASHFIELD...COLRAIN...GILL...
CHARLEMONT...GOSHEN...NEW SALEM AND CUMMINGTON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND  MASSACHUSETTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4252 7297 4256 7298 4260 7296 4271 7239
      4248 7233 4247 7299
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 262DEG 34KT 4254 7297

JWD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	30 min
Jul 9, 8:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	53 min
Jul 9, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester	45 min
Jul 9, 9:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	51 min
Jul 9, 10:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	37 min
Jul 9, 11:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	42 min
Jul 10, 1:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		55 min
Jul 10, 2:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Dukes	39 min
Jul 10, 2:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes	66 min
Jul 9, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Cheshire	43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.