Alert archive / Massachusetts / Freeze Warnings in 2016
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this freeze warning at May 9, 2016, 3:32 PM EDT for Hampden County, Hampshire County, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It took effect at May 10, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2016, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2016, 7:07 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
103 WWUS71 KBOX 091932 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 332 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2016 MAZ005-010-011-100345- /O.UPG.KBOX.FR.Y.0006.160510T0400Z-160510T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.FZ.W.0002.160510T0400Z-160510T1200Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD 332 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...WESTERN HAMPDEN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES AS WELL AS CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ CTZ002-100345- /O.EXA.KBOX.FR.Y.0006.160510T0400Z-160510T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS 332 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ CTZ003-004-RIZ001-100345- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0006.160510T0400Z-160510T1200Z/ TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 332 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS NORTHWESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ MAZ006-009-012-013-017-018-100345- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0006.160510T0400Z-160510T1200Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...BLANDFORD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBOROUGH...NORWOOD...TAUNTON...BROCKTON 332 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...MUCH OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS...EXCEPT NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE GROWING SEASON HAS NOT YET BEGUN. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ RLG FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
3 follow-up statements
901 WWUS71 KBOX 100223 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1023 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2016 MAZ005-010-011-101030- /O.CON.KBOX.FZ.W.0002.160510T0400Z-160510T1200Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD 1023 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...WESTERN HAMPDEN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES AS WELL AS CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ CTZ002>004-RIZ001-101030- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0006.160510T0400Z-160510T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 1023 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS NORTHWESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ MAZ006-009-012-013-017-018-101030- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0006.160510T0400Z-160510T1200Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...BLANDFORD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBOROUGH...NORWOOD...TAUNTON...BROCKTON 1023 PM EDT MON MAY 9 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...MUCH OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS...EXCEPT NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE GROWING SEASON HAS NOT YET BEGUN. * TEMPERATURES...MID 30S. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
191 WWUS71 KBOX 100821 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 421 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016 MAZ005-010-011-101200- /O.CON.KBOX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160510T1200Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD 421 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...WESTERN HAMPDEN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES AS WELL AS CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO LOW 30S. * TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ CTZ002>004-RIZ001-101200- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160510T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD 421 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS NORTHWESTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ MAZ006-009-012-013-017-018-101200- /O.CON.KBOX.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160510T1200Z/ WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...BLANDFORD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBOROUGH...NORWOOD...TAUNTON...BROCKTON 421 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...MUCH OF INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS...EXCEPT NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE GROWING SEASON HAS NOT YET BEGUN. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
274 WWUS71 KBOX 101107 NPWBOX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 707 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016 MAZ005-010-011-101215- /O.CAN.KBOX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160510T1200Z/ CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD 707 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO RISE THIS MORNING...WITH MOST LOCATIONS ALREADY WELL ABOVE FREEZING. A FEW...ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY LINGER AROUND FREEZING UNTIL 8 AM. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY RISE EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ006-009-012-013-017-018-RIZ001-101215- /O.CAN.KBOX.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160510T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...LAWRENCE...BLANDFORD...MILFORD... WORCESTER...FOXBOROUGH...NORWOOD...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD 707 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO RISE THIS MORNING...WITH MOST LOCATIONS ALREADY IN THE 40S. A FEW...ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY LINGER AROUND FREEZING UNTIL 8 AM. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY RISE EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 3:56 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
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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.