Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2016, 11:16 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2016, 11:16 PM EDT (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2016, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 11:32 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 47 | Nantucket, MA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KBOX 020316
SVRBOX
MAC001-007-019-020415-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0024.160702T0316Z-160702T0415Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1116 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BARNSTABLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
EAST CENTRAL DUKES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NANTUCKET COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 1115 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR OAK BLUFFS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF EDGARTOWN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARNSTABLE...FALMOUTH...NANTUCKET...BREWSTER...EDGARTOWN...
PROVINCETOWN...YARMOUTH...SANDWICH...DENNIS...MASHPEE...HARWICH...
CHATHAM...ORLEANS...EASTHAM...WELLFLEET...TRURO AND HYANNIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4124 7000 4127 7019 4164 7028 4164 7035
4153 7045 4129 7020 4132 7024 4146 7039
4128 7022 4152 7046 4155 7048 4135 7045
4137 7046 4143 7050 4135 7054 4136 7054
4155 7053 4208 7022 4208 7017 4183 6994
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 222DEG 54KT 4151 7050 4108 7050
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NOCERA2 follow-up statements
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WWUS51 KBOX 020351
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1151 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
MAC001-007-020359-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160702T0415Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-
1151 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BARNSTABLE AND EAST
CENTRAL DUKES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4125 7005 4137 7020 4155 6997 4126 7000
4124 7003
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 229DEG 46KT 4136 7005
$$
MAC019-020415-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160702T0415Z/
NANTUCKET MA-
1151 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN NANTUCKET COUNTY...
AT 1149 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NANTUCKET...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. AT 1132 PM EDT...A 47 MPH WIND GUST WAS
REPORTED AT NANTUCKET AIRPORT.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NANTUCKET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4125 7005 4137 7020 4155 6997 4126 7000
4124 7003
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 229DEG 46KT 4136 7005
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RLG684
WWUS51 KBOX 020410
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1210 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016
MAC019-020420-
/O.EXP.KBOX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160702T0415Z/
NANTUCKET MA-
1210 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN NANTUCKET COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1215 AM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY
RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4125 7005 4137 7020 4155 6997 4126 7000
4124 7003
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 222DEG 54KT 4136 7005
$$
RLGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 81 min | |
| Jul 1, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 58 min | |
| Jul 1, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 63 min | |
| Jul 1, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 59 min | |
| Jul 1, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 11:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 55 min | |
| Jul 1, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 53 min | |
| Jul 1, 11:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 63 min | |
| Jul 2, 12:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 53 min | |
| Jul 2, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 64 min | |
| Jul 2, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 3:26 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 16 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.