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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Oct 18, 2014, 3:03 PM EDT for Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 27 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
- Oct 18, 2014, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2014, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Norfolk County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Oct 18, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 18, 4:18 AM EDT, 10 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 418 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2014 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-190830- 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- 418 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. FROST/FREEZE HEADLINES ARE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT FOR A PORTION OF THE REGION. A SLOW MOVING COASTAL STORM WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM ARE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND COASTAL FLOODING. HOWEVER THE PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN...STRONGEST WINDS AND MAGNITUDE OF COASTAL FLOODING REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME RANGE AND WILL DEPEND ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE COASTAL STORM. IT IS POSSIBLE THE WORST OF THE RAIN...WIND AND COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BUT CANT RULE OUT A GREATER IMPACT FURTHER SOUTH IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS COULD BE A HIGH IMPACT STORM SO STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS/DISCUSSIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-190830- 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- 418 AM EDT SAT OCT 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. EAST TO NORTHEAST GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SOMETIME WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCE OVER THE NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS. .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, Oct 18, 3:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 303 PM EDT SAT OCT 18 2014 MAZ013-181930- WESTERN NORFOLK- 303 PM EDT SAT OCT 18 2014 ...A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN WESTERN NORFOLK COUNTY COUNTY... AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A A THUNDERSTORM OVER FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FRANKLIN...NEEDHAM...NORWOOD...STOUGHTON...DEDHAM...WALPOLE... CANTON...SHARON...FOXBOROUGH...BELLINGHAM...WESTWOOD...MEDWAY... MEDFIELD...NORFOLK...WRENTHAM...MILLIS AND DOVER. LAT...LON 4203 7147 4208 7149 4229 7122 4211 7108 TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 241DEG 24KT 4207 7144 NOCERA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 4:30 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 18, 4:31 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | ||
| Oct 18, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 27 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.