Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 2016, 2:40 AM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It was in force for 50 min. 13 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
- Feb 25, 2016, 2:40 AM EST (07:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2016, 3:30 AM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2:46 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Hopkinton, MA | TREE AND BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Feb 25, 2:47 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | WINDS SHATTERED STORM WINDOW. |
| Feb 25, 2:56 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Norfolk, MA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Feb 25, 2:58 AM EST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 2 Wsw Bedford, MA | |
| Feb 25, 3:02 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Sherborn, MA | LARGE TREE DOWN. |
| Feb 25, 3:03 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Walpole, MA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Feb 25, 3:06 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Sherborn, MA | TREE DOWN BETWEEN MORSE ROAD AND ELLIOTT. |
| Feb 25, 3:11 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | TREES...WIRES...AND POLES DOWN. ROADS CLOSED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS INCLUDING ELM STREET...CRESCENT STREET...MACARTHUR ROAD...AND ORNAC ROAD NEAR ROUTE 2. |
| Feb 25, 3:18 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Sherborn, MA | THREE TREES DOWN ON HUNTING LANE AND NORTH MAIN STREET. |
| Feb 25, 3:19 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | ELM STREET BLOCKED IN 3 LOCATIONS WITH SNAPPED UTILITY POLES. SUDBURY ROAD IS BLOCKED WITH TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Feb 25, 3:24 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Foxboro, MA | WIRES DOWN ON CHESTNUT STREET BLOCKING THE FRONT DOOR OF A HOUSE. |
| Feb 25, 3:25 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Billerica, MA | TREE/LARGE BRANCH DOWN ON BALDWIN ROAD. |
| Feb 25, 3:27 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | POLE AND WIRES DOWN BLOCKING MUSKETEQUID ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
709
WUUS51 KBOX 250740
SVRBOX
MAC005-009-017-021-027-250830-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0008.160225T0740Z-160225T0830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
240 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
WEST CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
WESTERN NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 330 AM EST
* AT 239 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER UPTON...OR NEAR MILFORD...AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 115 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOWELL...NEWTON...LAWRENCE...FRAMINGHAM...WALTHAM...METHUEN...ARLINGTON...
BILLERICA...MARLBOROUGH...WOBURN...SHREWSBURY...CHELMSFORD...ANDOVER...
NATICK...WATERTOWN...FRANKLIN...LEXINGTON...DRACUT...TEWKSBURY AND
NEEDHAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. GO INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DRIVERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR LOW VISIBILITY AND
AVOID FLOODED ROADS.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS
MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE
IMMEDIATELY TO A SAFE SHELTER OR TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
MINOR FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.
&&
LAT...LON 4203 7124 4201 7179 4202 7179 4269 7156
4270 7115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 210DEG 98KT 4216 7159
$$
MD1 follow-up statement
196
WWUS51 KBOX 250821
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
321 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016
MAC005-009-017-021-027-250830-
/O.EXP.KBOX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160225T0830Z/
BRISTOL MA-ESSEX MA-NORFOLK MA-WORCESTER MA-MIDDLESEX MA-
321 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL...WEST
CENTRAL ESSEX...WESTERN NORFOLK...SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER AND
MIDDLESEX COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 AM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS ALTHOUGH STRONG WINDS MAY LINGER.
LAT...LON 4203 7124 4201 7179 4202 7179 4269 7156
4270 7115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 210DEG 98KT 4216 7159
$$
MDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 10:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 10:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 11:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 11:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 50 min |
| Feb 25, 12:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 41 min |
| Feb 25, 12:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 52 min |
| Feb 25, 12:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 50 min |
| Feb 25, 12:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 62 min |
| Feb 25, 1:11 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:25 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 51 min |
| Feb 25, 1:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Middlesex, Worcester | 48 min |
| Feb 25, 2:56 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 64 min | |
| Feb 25, 3:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 59 min |
| Feb 25, 3:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 64 min |
| Feb 25, 3:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 38 min |
| Feb 25, 4:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth | 49 min |
| Feb 25, 5:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 2 hr |
| Feb 25, 7:26 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 2 hr |
| Feb 25, 8:02 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 17 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:21 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 44 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:21 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 62 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:21 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 71 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:53 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 33 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.