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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2015, 2:08 PM EDT. It was in force for 37 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
- Jul 18, 2015, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 18, 2:08 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:08 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 352 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015 CTZ004-MAZ005>007-013>024-026-RIZ001>008-190800- WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX 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- 352 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...TIMING IS UNCERTAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-190800- 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- 352 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CTZ002-003-MAZ002>004-008>012-190800- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- 352 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PARTICULARLY ACROSS PORTIONS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT. THE MAIN ISSUE WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...TIMING IS UNCERTAIN. .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, Jul 18, 1:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
102 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
CTZ003-004-MAZ004-010>012-181745-
WINDHAM-TOLLAND-NORTHERN WORCESTER-SOUTHERN WORCESTER-EASTERN
HAMPDEN-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE-
102 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING THROUGH THE CONNECTICUT
VALLEY...
AT 1259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LUDLOW TO
EAST LONGMEADOW...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD
CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...LUDLOW...SOUTHBRIDGE...EAST LONGMEADOW...BELCHERTOWN...
WILBRAHAM...OXFORD...CHARLTON...PALMER...STAFFORD...SPENCER...
SOMERS...DUDLEY...LEICESTER...WARE...THOMPSON...STURBRIDGE...
MONSON...WOODSTOCK AND GRANBY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MINOR URBAN AND
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. FOR YOUR
SAFETY...GO INSIDE OR IN A VEHICLE. STAY AWAY FROM OPEN AREAS SUCH AS
BALL FIELDS...GOLF COURSES AND PARKS. WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER
THE STORMS END TO RESUME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
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LAT...LON 4224 7249 4225 7189 4199 7193 4199 7250
4203 7251 4204 7252
TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 267DEG 26KT 4219 7249 4203 7252
WTBSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 1:24 PM EDT, 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 3:48 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 15 hr | |
| Jul 18, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 43 min |
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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.