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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Aug 31, 2014, 8:04 PM EDT for Middlesex 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
- Aug 31, 2014, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Middlesex County, MA
The radar
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The text
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</html>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 Aug 31, 7:39 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 7:39 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 453 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2014 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-012100- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 453 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW RISK FOR A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS. THERE IS ALSO THE CHANCE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A LOW RISK FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY THAT MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME STORMS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-012100- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND- 453 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 5:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
540 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2014
CTZ002-312215-
HARTFORD-
540 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY...
AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WOLCOTT AND SOUTHBURY CONNECTICUT. THESE STORNMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTION
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM.
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO
30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARTFORD...NEW BRITAIN...WEST HARTFORD...BRISTOL...MANCHESTER...EAST
HARTFORD...SOUTHINGTON...GLASTONBURY...NEWINGTON...WETHERSFIELD...
FARMINGTON...BERLIN...ROCKY HILL...AVON...PLAINVILLE...HEBRON...
BURLINGTON...MARLBOROUGH...ALLENTOWN AND TERRYVILLE STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MINOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4177 7248 4160 7241 4159 7241 4158 7246
4165 7251 4163 7271 4158 7275 4157 7280
4155 7282 4157 7285 4155 7285 4156 7288
4156 7295 4163 7293 4164 7294 4164 7299
4177 7301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 229DEG 24KT 4166 7265
FIELDSpecial weather statement, Aug 31, 6:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 609 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2014 CTZ002-003-MAZ011-312300- TOLLAND-HARTFORD-EASTERN HAMPDEN- 609 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING NORTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY... AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BLOOMFIELD...OR NEAR WEST HARTFORD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD...HARTFORD...WEST HARTFORD...ENFIELD...WINDSOR...SOUTH WINDSOR...BLOOMFIELD...LONGMEADOW...SUFFIELD...EAST LONGMEADOW... ELLINGTON...WILBRAHAM...WINDSOR LOCKS...STAFFORD...SOMERS...EAST WINDSOR AND HAMPDEN. LAT...LON 4177 7272 4182 7276 4212 7248 4199 7230 TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 224DEG 33KT 4182 7272 FIELD
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 6:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 8:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 9:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 10:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Dukes | 119 min |
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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.