Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2016, 5:42 PM EDT for Norfolk County, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 33 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
- Aug 6, 2016, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Norfolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Millville, MA | TREE DOWN BLOCKING MOST OF CHESTNUT HILL ROAD. LIMB DOWN ON HILL ROAD. |
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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
548
WUUS51 KBOX 062142
SVRBOX
MAC021-027-RIC007-062215-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0079.160806T2142Z-160806T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
542 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTH CENTRAL PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 541 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SUTTON...OR
9 MILES WEST OF MILFORD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS REPORTED WIRES DOWN IN AUBURN.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WORCESTER...WOONSOCKET...CUMBERLAND...FRANKLIN...MILFORD...
GRAFTON...WEBSTER...BELLINGHAM...AUBURN...BURRILLVILLE...
NORTHBRIDGE...OXFORD...HOLLISTON...UXBRIDGE...MILLBURY...MEDWAY...
NORTH SMITHFIELD...NORFOLK...WRENTHAM AND BLACKSTONE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4222 7160 4220 7159 4218 7155 4219 7150
4217 7150 4216 7148 4218 7143 4218 7141
4219 7140 4220 7135 4198 7140 4201 7180
4202 7180 4203 7189 4223 7182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 276DEG 33KT 4214 7171
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FIELD1 follow-up statement
403
WWUS51 KBOX 062158
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
558 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
MAC021-027-RIC007-062215-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160806T2215Z/
NORFOLK MA-WORCESTER MA-PROVIDENCE RI-
558 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORFOLK...SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER AND NORTH CENTRAL
PROVIDENCE COUNTIES...
AT 556 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
NORTHBRIDGE...OR NEAR MILFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE WINDS NEAR 60 MPH NEAR
WHITINSVILLE.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. HAIL
DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOONSOCKET...CUMBERLAND...FRANKLIN...MILFORD...GRAFTON...WEBSTER...
BELLINGHAM...BURRILLVILLE...NORTHBRIDGE...UXBRIDGE...MEDWAY...
NORTH SMITHFIELD...NORFOLK...WRENTHAM...THOMPSON...BLACKSTONE...
SUTTON...DOUGLAS...MILLIS AND UPTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4217 7161 4216 7157 4216 7154 4215 7151
4215 7136 4198 7140 4201 7180 4202 7180
4202 7184 4217 7170
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 283DEG 24KT 4211 7161
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 5:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 49 min | |
| Aug 6, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 42 min | |
| Aug 6, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Rhode Island, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.