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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2015, 5:43 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 92 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 19, 2015, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2015, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 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
- 280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 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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</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 Jul 19, 5:25 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 5:25 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 5:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 543 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015 CTZ003-004-MAZ002>009-012-014-026-202145- 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- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- 543 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 442 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ013-015>024-RIZ001>008-202145- WESTERN NORFOLK 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- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 543 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CTZ002-MAZ010-011-202145- HARTFORD CT-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- 543 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 442 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-202145- 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- 543 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SOME ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATERS LATE TODAY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
543 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015
MAZ002>004-008>011-192315-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN WORCESTER-EASTERN HAMPDEN-EASTERN
FRANKLIN-WESTERN HAMPDEN-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE-
543 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015
...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING
ACROSS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF FRANKLIN...HAMPSHIRE...AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES IN WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 6 PM AND 8 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND SEE DARKENING SKIES OR HEAR THUNDER IN THE
DISTANCE...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INDOORS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST ON
THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.
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LAT...LON 4215 7307 4215 7303 4231 7300 4233 7306
4238 7307 4239 7301 4266 7295 4267 7300
4270 7295 4270 7302 4274 7302 4272 7222
4204 7224 4205 7305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 240DEG 49KT 4278 7302
FIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:00 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 14 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 6:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 62 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015
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.