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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at May 12, 2015, 7:01 PM EDT for Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 44 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
- May 12, 2015, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2015, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Plymouth County, MA
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 May 12, 4:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 4:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 4:18 AM EDT, 14 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 418 AM EDT TUE MAY 12 2015 MAZ008>011-130830- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- 418 AM EDT TUE MAY 12 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. RED FLAG WARNING. THERE IS A LOW RISK FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE THE BIGGEST RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS AN INCREASING RISK FOR FIRE WEATHER HEADLINES ON WEDNESDAY DUE TO LOW RH AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CTZ002>004-MAZ002>007-012>017-026-RIZ001>004-130830- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI- 418 AM EDT TUE MAY 12 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW RISK FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE THE BIGGEST RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS AN INCREASING RISK FOR FIRE WEATHER HEADLINES ON WEDNESDAY DUE TO LOW RH AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ018-019-021-RIZ005-130830- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BRISTOL RI- 418 AM EDT TUE MAY 12 2015 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE FOG ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS AN INCREASING RISK FOR FIRE WEATHER HEADLINES ON WEDNESDAY DUE TO LOW RH AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ020-022>024-RIZ006>008-130830- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 418 AM EDT TUE MAY 12 2015 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE FOG ADVISORY. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-130830- 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 TUE MAY 12 2015 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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
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Special weather statement, May 12, 4:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 10:10 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 9 hr |
| May 12, 4:00 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 16 hr |
| May 12, 4:13 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket | 16 hr |
| May 12, 3:50 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 24 hr | |
| May 12, 4:03 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more | 11 hr |
| May 12, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 39 min |
| May 12, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Plymouth | 37 min |
| May 12, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 65 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.