Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2016, 2:51 PM EDT for Hampden County, Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 39 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 12, 2016, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hampden County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Oxford, MA | TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON WORCESTER ROAD /ROUTE 12/...WIRES DOWN ON OLD SOUTHBRIDGE ROAD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1049 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
730
WUUS51 KBOX 121851
SVRBOX
MAC013-027-121930-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0088.160812T1851Z-160812T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
251 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 250 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR EAST BROOKFIELD TO NEAR BROOKFIELD TO NEAR
PALMER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAFTON...WEBSTER...SOUTHBRIDGE...AUBURN...OXFORD...MILLBURY...
CHARLTON...PALMER...SPENCER...DUDLEY...LEICESTER...STURBRIDGE...
SUTTON...DOUGLAS...WARREN...NORTH BROOKFIELD...WEST BROOKFIELD...
BRIMFIELD...BROOKFIELD AND HOLLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4219 7170 4213 7172 4203 7189 4204 7217
4221 7233 4222 7227 4228 7209
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 283DEG 25KT 4222 7208 4220 7214 4220 7227
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SIPPRELL1 follow-up statement
877
WWUS51 KBOX 121902
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
302 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
MAC013-121911-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-160812T1930Z/
HAMPDEN MA-
302 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE REMAINS A
WARNING FOR CENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTY FOR ANOTHER STORM MOVING INTO THE
SPRINGFIELD METRO AREA.
LAT...LON 4219 7170 4213 7172 4203 7189 4204 7213
4216 7213 4216 7216 4218 7216 4226 7204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 286DEG 22KT 4220 7201 4218 7207 4218 7220
$$
MAC027-121930-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-160812T1930Z/
WORCESTER MA-
302 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY...
AT 301 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM EAST BROOKFIELD TO BROOKFIELD TO WARREN...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAFTON...WEBSTER...SOUTHBRIDGE...AUBURN...OXFORD...MILLBURY...
CHARLTON...SPENCER...DUDLEY...LEICESTER...STURBRIDGE...SUTTON...
DOUGLAS...WARREN...NORTH BROOKFIELD...WEST BROOKFIELD...
BROOKFIELD AND EAST BROOKFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY
AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4219 7170 4213 7172 4203 7189 4204 7213
4216 7213 4216 7216 4218 7216 4226 7204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 286DEG 22KT 4220 7201 4218 7207 4218 7220
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SIPPRELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 2:22 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 26 min |
| Aug 12, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 57 min | |
| Aug 12, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 54 min |
| Aug 12, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 59 min | |
| Aug 12, 7:06 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 24 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.