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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 16, 2014Essex County, Norfolk County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2014, 9:23 AM EDT for Essex County, Norfolk County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 52 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 16, 2014, 9:23 AM EDT (13:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2014, 10:15 AM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Essex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA

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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.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 16, 7:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 7:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 4:42 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:33 AM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
433 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2014

MAZ018>023-RIZ007-160930-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH-BARNSTABLE-SOUTHERN BRISTOL-DUKES-WESTERN
PLYMOUTH-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH-NEWPORT-
433 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2014

...STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN
PLYMOUTH...SOUTHEASTERN BRISTOL...SOUTHWESTERN BARNSTABLE...DUKES
AND SOUTHEASTERN NEWPORT COUNTIES...

AT 432 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOSNOLD...OR 8 MILES WEST OF TISBURY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW BEDFORD...FALL RIVER...PLYMOUTH...BARNSTABLE...DARTMOUTH...
FALMOUTH...NEWPORT...MARION...OAK BLUFFS...EDGARTOWN...TISBURY...
AQUINNAH...MIDDLEBOROUGH...WAREHAM...SANDWICH...BOURNE...
PORTSMOUTH...MIDDLETOWN...FAIRHAVEN AND TIVERTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MINOR URBAN AND
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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 STORM ENDS TO RESUME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

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LAT...LON 4133 7083 4134 7084 4175 7063 4165 7092
      4147 7090 4143 7085 4143 7087 4153 7097
      4145 7136 4203 7062 4173 7028 4141 7045
      4155 7052 4155 7053 4135 7045 4155 7055
      4155 7057 4135 7050
TIME...MOT...LOC 0832Z 211DEG 37KT 4148 7078

MD

Local storm report, Jul 16, 9:09 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 9:23 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The 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, 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, 2:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk	3 hr
Jul 16, 3:35 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		24 hr
Jul 15, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		63 min
Jul 15, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Cheshire	39 min
Jul 15, 10:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Cheshire, Hillsborough	3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.