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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 23, 2016Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 12:46 AM EDT for Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 44 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 23, 2016, 12:46 AM EDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2016, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 43 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2016-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 468 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2016-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
468 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

626 
WUUS51 KBOX 230446
SVRBOX
MAC007-019-230530-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0070.160723T0446Z-160723T0530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1246 AM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DUKES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
  NANTUCKET COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT

* AT 1246 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST
  TISBURY...OR NEAR OAK BLUFFS...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NANTUCKET...OAK BLUFFS...EDGARTOWN...TISBURY...WEST TISBURY AND
  CHILMARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4124 7012 4135 7050 4133 7076 4148 7060
      4142 7055 4142 7045 4135 7045 4139 7005
      4137 7016 4136 7026 4136 7002 4138 7003
      4134 7000 4134 7036 4133 7000 4126 6996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 278DEG 52KT 4140 7059 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
FIELD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX90 min
Jul 22, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Norfolk65 min
Jul 22, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk59 min
Jul 22, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX61 min
Jul 22, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol46 min
Jul 22, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Plymouth56 min
Jul 22, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX52 min
Jul 22, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXPlymouth41 min
Jul 22, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol48 min
Jul 22, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable, Plymouth35 min
Jul 22, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX48 min
Jul 22, 10:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable40 min
Jul 22, 10:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX66 min
Jul 22, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX60 min
Jul 22, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol65 min
Jul 22, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX65 min
Jul 22, 10:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX59 min
Jul 22, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol54 min
Jul 22, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable46 min
Jul 22, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX83 min
Jul 22, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX66 min
Jul 22, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth50 min
Jul 23, 1:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol50 min
Jul 23, 1:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBarnstable, Dukes, Nantucket94 min
Jul 23, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXSuffolk39 min
Jul 23, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXSuffolk32 min
Jul 23, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex, Middlesex, Suffolk44 min
Jul 23, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX38 min
Jul 23, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXNorfolk44 min
Jul 23, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX38 min
Jul 23, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXSuffolk48 min
Jul 23, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex, Middlesex, Worcester52 min
Jul 23, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX119 min
Jul 23, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin38 min
Jul 23, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester54 min
Jul 23, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester60 min
Jul 23, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex, Middlesex, Worcester31 min
Jul 23, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX55 min
Jul 23, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX59 min
Jul 23, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol40 min
Jul 23, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX67 min
Jul 23, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol, Norfolk51 min
Jul 23, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol, Norfolk48 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.