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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2015, 2:01 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 29 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 28, 2015, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2015, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Franklin County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 May 28, 1:34 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 1:34 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 409 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2015 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-290815- 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-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 409 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY...AND RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO PERHAPS MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WHILE WE ARE NOT EXPECTING A WIDESPREAD OR HIGH END SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK...A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-290815- 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- 409 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. 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, May 28, 8:08 AM EDT, 5 hours 53 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 28, 4:03 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 18 hr | |
| May 28, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 48 min |
| May 28, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 44 min |
| May 28, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 46 min |
| May 28, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 47 min |
| May 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester | 45 min |
| May 28, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 47 min |
| May 28, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester | 46 min |
| May 28, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Worcester | 46 min |
| May 28, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 27 min |
| May 28, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester | 50 min |
| May 28, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 45 min |
| May 28, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 57 min |
| May 28, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 86 min | |
| May 28, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 51 min |
| May 28, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 35 min |
| May 28, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 48 min | |
| May 28, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 27 min |
| May 28, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk | 49 min |
| May 28, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 59 min | |
| May 28, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 32 min |
| May 28, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 30 min |
| May 28, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 35 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.