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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 7, 2014Worcester County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2014, 1:21 PM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 7, 2014, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2014-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2014-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

052 
WWUS81 KBOX 071721
SPSBOX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
121 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014
 
MAZ004-071800-
NORTHERN WORCESTER-
121 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY...

AT 121 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HUBBARDSTON...OR 9 MILES WEST OF
LEOMINSTER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEOMINSTER...FITCHBURG...GARDNER...CLINTON...LUNENBURG...LANCASTER...
TEMPLETON...STERLING...WESTMINSTER...BOLTON...HUBBARDSTON...PRINCETON
AND BERLIN.

LAT...LON 4247 7205 4255 7204 4257 7171 4239 7164
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 276DEG 18KT 4249 7196 

$$

FRANK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXSuffolk48 min
Aug 7, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXPlymouth49 min
Aug 7, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXWorcester43 min
Aug 7, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXSuffolk35 min
Aug 7, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNorfolk, Plymouth24 min
Aug 7, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX23 min
Aug 7, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX47 min
Aug 7, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX35 min
Aug 7, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXPlymouth22 min
Aug 7, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable, Plymouth27 min
Aug 7, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex, Middlesex, Worcester47 min
Aug 7, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex, Norfolk, Worcester42 min
Aug 7, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX51 min
Aug 7, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX42 min
Aug 7, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBarnstable47 min
Aug 7, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex, Worcester28 min
Aug 7, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Norfolk, Plymouth47 min
Aug 7, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable40 min
Aug 7, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX51 min
Aug 7, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXEssex44 min
Aug 7, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX42 min
Aug 7, 3:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXPlymouth53 min
Aug 7, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX46 min
Aug 7, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable, Plymouth45 min
Aug 7, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden, Worcester50 min
Aug 7, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNorfolk, Plymouth46 min
Aug 7, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX66 min
Aug 7, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX64 min
Aug 7, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX38 min
Aug 7, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden38 min
Aug 7, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBarnstable51 min
Aug 7, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXEssex49 min
Aug 7, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXWorcester47 min
Aug 7, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBarnstable38 min
Aug 7, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable50 min
Aug 7, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX63 min
Aug 7, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol31 min
Aug 7, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX45 min
Aug 7, 5:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXBarnstable54 min
Aug 7, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX46 min
Aug 7, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol25 min
Aug 7, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX61 min
Aug 7, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX26 min
Aug 7, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBarnstable53 min
Aug 7, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXDukes48 min
Aug 7, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXSuffolk50 min
Aug 7, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX63 min
Aug 7, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX38 min
Aug 7, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX41 min
Aug 7, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX42 min
Aug 7, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXProvidence43 min
Aug 7, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXKent49 min
Aug 7, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX42 min
Aug 7, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX46 min
Aug 7, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX50 min
Aug 7, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHillsborough51 min
Aug 7, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXCheshire29 min
Aug 7, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCheshire42 min
Aug 7, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCheshire43 min
Aug 7, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHillsborough50 min
Aug 7, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHillsborough51 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.