Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 6:38 PM EDT for Essex County, Middlesex County, Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 52 min. 23 reports 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 23, 2016, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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 23, 6:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Haverhill, MA | TREE DOWN AND TRANSFORMER BLEW ON LIBERTY STREET. |
| Jul 23, 6:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Methuen, MA | TREE DOWN IN THE RIGHT LANE OF 213 WESTBOUND. |
| Jul 23, 6:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lowell, MA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN...INCLUDING A TREE DOWN ONTO A CAR. WIRES DOWN ON STEVEN STREET AND FAIRMONT STREET. LARGE TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON GREENDALE AVENUE. WIRES DOWN ON EMERY AVENUE. |
| Jul 23, 6:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lowell, MA | WIRES DOWN ON STEVEN STREET AND FAIRMONT STREET. LARGE TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON GREENDALE AVENUE. WIRES DOWN ON EMERY AVENUE. |
| Jul 23, 6:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Westford, MA | TWO LARGE TREES DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 6:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Newbury, MA | SEVERAL TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON MAIN STREET AND MECHANIC STREET. |
| Jul 23, 6:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Shirley, MA | POWER LINES DOWN ON COLD SPRING AT GRANITEVILLE. |
| Jul 23, 6:59 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Billerica, MA | TREE DOWN ON RIVER STREET. LARGE BRANCH DOWN ON WIRES ON CONCORD STREET. |
| Jul 23, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Chelmsford, MA | TREE DOWN IN CHELMSFORD CENTER DAMAGING A CAR SO IT HAD TO BE TOWED. TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON SPAULDING ROAD. TREE DOWN ON WARREN AVENUE. TREE DOWN ON CAR ON BOSTON ROAD. |
| Jul 23, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Chelmsford, MA | TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON SPAULDING ROAD. TREE DOWN ON WARREN AVENUE. TREE DOWN ON CAR ON BOSTON ROAD. |
| Jul 23, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Chelmsford, MA | POWER LINES AND A TREE DOWN ON JONATHAN LANE. |
| Jul 23, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | North Reading, MA | TREE DOWN ON NORTH STREET. |
| Jul 23, 7:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Boxford, MA | TREES DOWN ON IPSWICH ROAD...BAREHILL ROAD...WHITNEY ROAD. MOTORCYCLIST DOWN ON DOWNED WIRES ON GEORGETOWN ROAD NEAR HILLSIDE ROAD. |
| Jul 23, 7:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fitchburg, MA | TREE DOWN BLOCKING HIGH STREET. |
| Jul 23, 7:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Leominster, MA | WIRES DOWN AND A TREE UPROOTED. |
| Jul 23, 7:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Billerica, MA | LARGE BRANCH DOWN ON CONCORD STREET. |
| Jul 23, 7:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Townsend, MA | BIG TREE DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 7:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Groton, MA | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON LOWELL ROAD. |
| Jul 23, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Littleton, MA | LARGE TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN IN WYCHWOOD HEIGHTS. |
| Jul 23, 7:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Topsfield, MA | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN...INCLUDING VALLEY ROAD AND ROUTE 97. |
| Jul 23, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Leominster, MA | TREE DOWN BLOCKING WILLOW STREET. |
| Jul 23, 7:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Leominster, MA | TREE DOWN ON WILLOW STREET. |
| Jul 23, 7:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Reading, MA | LARGE BRANCH DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 2 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
370
WUUS51 KBOX 232238
SVRBOX
MAC009-017-027-232330-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0072.160723T2238Z-160723T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
638 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 636 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE WILL BE DROPPING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH 730 PM.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...SPOTTER REPORTING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE IN
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOWELL...NASHUA...LAWRENCE...HAVERHILL...PEABODY...METHUEN...
LEOMINSTER...FITCHBURG...BILLERICA...BEVERLY...CHELMSFORD...
ANDOVER...DRACUT...TEWKSBURY...GLOUCESTER...NORTH ANDOVER...
DANVERS...READING...BURLINGTON AND HUDSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4287 7082 4281 7087 4281 7081 4270 7077
4270 7078 4277 7082 4270 7083 4267 7073
4264 7076 4269 7063 4264 7059 4255 7080
4248 7200 4272 7220 4270 7129 4274 7118
4282 7115 4281 7107 4286 7103 4289 7090
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 306DEG 26KT 4281 7159
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FRANKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 90 min | |
| Jul 22, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 61 min | |
| Jul 22, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 56 min |
| Jul 22, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 52 min | |
| Jul 22, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Plymouth | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 48 min | |
| Jul 22, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 66 min | |
| Jul 22, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 60 min | |
| Jul 22, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 65 min | |
| Jul 22, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 59 min | |
| Jul 22, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 11:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 83 min | |
| Jul 22, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 66 min | |
| Jul 22, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 12:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Dukes, Nantucket | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 1:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 94 min |
| Jul 23, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 39 min |
| Jul 23, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 38 min | |
| Jul 23, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 38 min | |
| Jul 23, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 119 min | |
| Jul 23, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jul 23, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 55 min | |
| Jul 23, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 59 min | |
| Jul 23, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 67 min | |
| Jul 23, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.