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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Sep 10, 2015, 6:06 AM EDT for Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 39 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
- Sep 10, 2015, 6:06 AM EDT (10:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2015, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 629 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 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 Sep 10, 4:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 4:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 455 AM EDT THU SEP 10 2015 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-110900- 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- 455 AM EDT THU SEP 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY...AND RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW RISK FOR LOCALIZED URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AREAS DURING THIS AFTERNOON...THEN PUSH EAST TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INTO NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR LOCALIZED URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AS MORE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES...MAINLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-110900- 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- 455 AM EDT THU SEP 10 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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
Local storm report, Sep 10, 5:13 AM EDT, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 42 min |
| Sep 9, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 45 min |
| Sep 10, 7:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 41 min |
| Sep 10, 8:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Dukes | 40 min |
| Sep 10, 8:38 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 37 min | |
| Sep 10, 9:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable | 41 min |
| Sep 10, 9:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable | 37 min |
| Sep 10, 11:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 10, 11:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 64 min | |
| Sep 10, 11:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Dukes | 82 min |
| Sep 10, 12:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 88 min |
| Sep 10, 12:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 114 min |
| Sep 10, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 63 min | |
| Sep 10, 12:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol | 2 hr |
| Sep 10, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Dukes | 88 min |
| Sep 10, 4:05 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 40 hr | |
| Sep 10, 6:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 50 min |
| Sep 10, 7:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Newport | 36 min |
| Sep 10, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 94 min |
| Sep 10, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Newport | 85 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.