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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

November 17, 2014Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Nov 17, 2014, 8:06 PM EST for Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 24 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: Nov 17, 2014, 8:06 PM EST (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2014, 8:30 PM EST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Nantucket County, MA

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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 Nov 17, 7:22 PM EST, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 7:22 PM EST, 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 7:42 PM EST, 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 17, 6:43 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
643 PM EST MON NOV 17 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0513 PM     TSTM WND GST     BLOCK ISLAND            41.17N  71.58W
11/17/2014  M58 MPH          WASHINGTON         RI   AMATEUR RADIO

0631 PM     TSTM WND GST     OAK BLUFFS              41.45N  70.56W
11/17/2014  M62 MPH          DUKES              MA   AMATEUR RADIO

            MARINA

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EVT

Local storm report, Nov 17, 6:48 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 17, 7:48 PM EST, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 17, 8:06 PM EST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
806 PM EST MON NOV 17 2014

MAZ024-180130-
NANTUCKET-
806 PM EST MON NOV 17 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO IMPACT NANTUCKET COUNTY...

AT 805 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NANTUCKET...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 75 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SOME WEAK
ROTATION WAS NOTED WITH THIS STORM. IF THE ROTATION BECOMES STRONGER
OR THE STORM INTENSIFIES...WILL ISSUE A WARNING ACCORDINGLY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NANTUCKET.

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.

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LAT...LON 4124 7000 4124 7012 4128 7023 4128 7020
      4130 7019 4130 7010 4128 7008 4130 7008
      4129 7007 4130 7001 4130 7007 4132 7000
      4135 7002 4133 7004 4138 7004 4128 6996
      4126 6996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 234DEG 63KT 4118 7021

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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
Nov 17, 8:00 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	BOX		60 min
Nov 17, 9:31 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		36 hr
Nov 17, 9:40 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Nantucket	3 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2014 Every special weather statement in 2014

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.