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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 4, 2015Essex County, Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Apr 4, 2015, 5:29 AM EDT for Essex County, Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 61 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: Apr 4, 2015, 5:29 AM EDT (09:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2015, 6:30 AM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA

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The text

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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 Apr 4, 4:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 4:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 4:23 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 4:53 AM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 4, 5:29 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
529 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2015

MAZ005>007-012>019-RIZ001-041030-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER-EASTERN NORFOLK-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN
NORFOLK-NORTHERN BRISTOL-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN PLYMOUTH-SOUTHEAST
MIDDLESEX-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY-EASTERN PLYMOUTH-SUFFOLK-NORTHWEST
PROVIDENCE-
529 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2015

...BAND OF BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH 630 AM...

AT 525 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CLUSTER OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.  BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN
TYPICAL PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SOME CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOSTON...CAMBRIDGE...BROCKTON...QUINCY...LYNN...NEWTON...
SOMERVILLE...FRAMINGHAM...WALTHAM...MALDEN...BROOKLINE...MEDFORD...
WEYMOUTH...REVERE...PEABODY...ARLINGTON...EVERETT...SALEM...
WOONSOCKET AND BILLERICA.

LAT...LON 4264 7076 4268 7065 4258 7065 4261 7066
      4254 7090 4254 7087 4230 7105 4226 7097
      4231 7095 4225 7088 4233 7093 4234 7088
      4226 7087 4227 7086 4220 7071 4208 7064
      4199 7175 4245 7155 4275 7079
TIME...MOT...LOC 0925Z 238DEG 53KT 4223 7144

FRANK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 10:25 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	8 hr
Apr 4, 4:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Hampden, Norfolk	37 min
Apr 4, 6:04 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		58 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.