Alert archive / Massachusetts / Special Weather Statements in 2014
Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2014, 6:21 PM EDT for Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 54 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 23, 2014, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2014, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Hampshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS81 KBOX 232221
SPSBOX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
621 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014
MAZ008>010-232315-
WESTERN HAMPDEN-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE-
621 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN HAMPDEN...WESTERN HAMPSHIRE
AND SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PITTSFIELD...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHAMPTON...EASTHAMPTON...SOUTHAMPTON...WILLIAMSBURG...
HUNTINGTON...ASHFIELD...WESTHAMPTON...WHATELY...CHESTER...
CHESTERFIELD...WORTHINGTON...GOSHEN...CUMMINGTON...PLAINFIELD AND
MIDDLEFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MASSACHUSETTS.
LAT...LON 4238 7301 4251 7297 4253 7287 4248 7287
4247 7278 4245 7276 4245 7270 4241 7270
4241 7267 4226 7267 4227 7300 4231 7300
4231 7303 4233 7306 4238 7307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 267DEG 25KT 4236 7319
$$
FRANKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 45 min |
| Jul 23, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester | 36 min |
| Jul 23, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Cheshire | 53 min |
| Jul 23, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Cheshire | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.