Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 7:06 PM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It was in force for 54 min. 22 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, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 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, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Peabody, MA | MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN WEST PEABODY... INCLUDING ON LOWELL STREET... NEWBRIDGE ROAD... AND POCAHONTAS DRIVE. |
| 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, 7:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Groton, MA | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON LOWELL ROAD. |
| Jul 23, 7:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | TREE DOWN ONTO THE COLONIAL INN. TREE DOWN ACROSS SHAGBARK ROAD...EVERETT STREET...AND MAIN STREET. |
| Jul 23, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Littleton, MA | LARGE TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN IN WYCHWOOD HEIGHTS. |
| Jul 23, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Revere, MA | TREE DOWN ON A CAR ON FOWLER AVENUE. |
| Jul 23, 7:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Boston, MA | *** 1 INJ *** AWNING FELL ONTO A PEDESTRIAN AT THE LENOX HOTEL ON EXETER STREET. PERSON WAS INJURED. |
| Jul 23, 7:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | TREE DOWN ON CAR ON WESTFORD ROAD. TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON OLD STOW ROAD. WIRES DOWNED ON LINDSAY POND ROAD. |
| 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 | Boston, MA | MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN...INCLUDING ON BARSTOOL STREET. A TREE WAS DOWNED ONTO A CAR ON FORRESTER AND WASHINGTON STREETS. TREE DOWN ON HOUSTON ROAD. PORTION OF A CHIMNEY WAS BLOWN OVER ONTO KEITH STREET. |
| Jul 23, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jamaica Plain, MA | TREE DOWN ON BOYLSTON STREET. |
| Jul 23, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Leominster, MA | TREE DOWN BLOCKING WILLOW STREET. |
| Jul 23, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Northborough, MA | LARGE BRANCH DOWN ON MEADOW ROAD. |
| Jul 23, 7:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Northborough, MA | TREE DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 7:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Worcester, MA | POWER LINES DOWN ON BURNCOAT 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. |
| Jul 23, 7:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lexington, MA | LARGE LIMB DOWN ON POWER LINES ON HANCOCK STREET. |
| Jul 23, 7:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waltham, MA | BRANCH DOWN ON A GARAGE ON CHARLES STREET. |
| Jul 23, 7:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cambridge, MA | TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NEAR HARVARD LAW SCHOOL. |
| Jul 23, 7:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lynn, MA | MULTIPLE TREES...LIMBS...AND WIRES DOWN IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. |
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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
801
WUUS51 KBOX 232306
SVRBOX
MAC009-017-021-025-027-240000-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0074.160723T2306Z-160724T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
706 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTH CENTRAL NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
SUFFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 704 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS DROPPING
SOUTH FROM FAR NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. HOWEVER, DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS WERE OCCURRING OUT OF AHEAD THE ACTUAL THUNDERSTORMS.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED WIND DAMAGE IN
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOSTON...WORCESTER...LOWELL...CAMBRIDGE...LYNN...NEWTON...
SOMERVILLE...FRAMINGHAM...WALTHAM...MALDEN...BROOKLINE...MEDFORD...
REVERE...PEABODY...ARLINGTON...EVERETT...SALEM...LEOMINSTER...
FITCHBURG AND BILLERICA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4265 7059 4253 7078 4256 7078 4254 7090
4254 7087 4242 7091 4243 7091 4246 7094
4241 7099 4233 7089 4238 7101 4232 7093
4238 7105 4231 7105 4231 7095 4222 7181
4256 7207 4269 7082
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 321DEG 29KT 4263 7139
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, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 52 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, 7:15 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.