Alert archive / Connecticut / Areal Flood Warnings in 2016
Areal Flood Warning 12, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood warning at Oct 21, 2016, 6:05 PM EDT for Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2016, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Oct 21, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 21, 4:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 414 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>023-026-RIZ001>008-222015- 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-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 414 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WESTERLY WINDS INCREASE LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH A MODERATE PROBABILITY OF WIND ADVISORIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ024-222015- NANTUCKET MA- 414 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN 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. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WESTERLY WINDS INCREASE LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH A MODERATE PROBABILITY OF WIND ADVISORIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ231>235-237-250-251-254>256-222015- CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY- RHODE ISLAND SOUND-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- 414 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 6 PM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230-236-222015- BOSTON HARBOR-NARRAGANSETT BAY- 414 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RLG 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 4:14 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 66 hr | |
| Oct 21, 1:11 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 6 hr |
| Oct 21, 1:11 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Nantucket | 6 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 119 min |
| Oct 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 113 min |
| Oct 21, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 2 hr |
| Oct 21, 7:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 118 min |
| Oct 21, 7:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 113 min |
| Oct 21, 5:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Kent, Providence, Washington | 2 hr |
| Oct 21, 7:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Kent, Providence, Washington | 2 hr |
| Oct 21, 7:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 2 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 2016Every areal flood warning in 2016
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.