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Special Marine Warning 28, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 1, 2016

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special marine warning at Jul 1, 2016, 8:39 PM EDT. It was in force for 81 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2016, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
81 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
34.0 mph

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Jul 1, 7:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 7:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
300 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

MAZ003-004-011945-
NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-
300 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWESTERN WORCESTER AND EAST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES COUNTIES...

AT 258 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR PETERSHAM...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORANGE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO 30
MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORANGE...GARDNER...ATHOL...WINCHENDON...TEMPLETON...WESTMINSTER...
ASHBURNHAM...BARRE...HUBBARDSTON...ASHBY...HARDWICK...PHILLIPSTON...
ROYALSTON...PETERSHAM AND NEW SALEM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE FAR AWAY FROM
A THUNDERSTORM. GO INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WAIT 30 MINUTES
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED TO RESUME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

&&

LAT...LON 4271 7196 4266 7185 4263 7186 4239 7220
      4247 7237 4272 7212
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 220DEG 26KT 4247 7221

FIELD
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
300 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

MAZ003-004-011945-
NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-
300 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWESTERN WORCESTER AND EAST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 258 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR PETERSHAM...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORANGE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO 30
MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORANGE...GARDNER...ATHOL...WINCHENDON...TEMPLETON...WESTMINSTER...
ASHBURNHAM...BARRE...HUBBARDSTON...ASHBY...HARDWICK...PHILLIPSTON...
ROYALSTON...PETERSHAM AND NEW SALEM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE FAR AWAY FROM
A THUNDERSTORM. GO INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WAIT 30 MINUTES
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED TO RESUME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

&&

LAT...LON 4271 7196 4266 7185 4263 7186 4239 7220
      4247 7237 4272 7212
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 220DEG 26KT 4247 7221

FIELD
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
450 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

CTZ002-003-MAZ009-011-012145-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
450 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS...

AT 443 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE STRETCHING FROM THE
ALBANY AREA TO JUST WEST OF WHITE PLAINS AND ON INTO NEW JERSEY.
THESE SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN
5 PM AND 7 PM THIS EVENING.

FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WILL BE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR HAMPDEN AND
HARTFORD COUNTIES...AS WELL AS FOR HAMPSHIRE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES
IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN STORMS APPROACH...MOVE INDOORS TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

&&

LAT...LON 4221 7302 4216 7213 4196 7217 4196 7222
      4173 7221 4160 7234 4158 7246 4165 7251
      4164 7266 4155 7285 4156 7295 4163 7293
      4164 7299 4180 7302 4181 7295 4197 7289
      4197 7303 4204 7301 4204 7306 4211 7307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 220DEG 49KT 4231 7286

FIELD
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:49 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
749 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

CTZ004-020015-
WINDHAM CT-
749 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY...

AT 747 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HAMPTON...OR 8 MILES EAST OF MANSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

MINOR FLOODING FROM TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ON ROADS AND
UNDERPASSES THAT ARE TYPICALLY PRONE TO FLOODING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KILLINGLY...PUTNAM...THOMPSON...BROOKLYN...WOODSTOCK...POMFRET...
CHAPLIN...HAMPTON AND EASTFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GET INDOORS WHEN THIS STORM APPROACHES. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE...SUCH AS A FEW DOWNED BRANCHES.

&&

LAT...LON 4174 7204 4180 7214 4202 7199 4197 7180
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 216DEG 31KT 4180 7206

NOCERA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 10:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX58 min
Jul 1, 10:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX63 min
Jul 1, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX59 min
Jul 1, 10:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBarnstable, Dukes, Nantucket66 min
Jul 1, 11:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX55 min
Jul 1, 11:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable, Dukes, Nantucket59 min
Jul 1, 11:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX53 min
Jul 1, 11:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX63 min
Jul 2, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX53 min
Jul 2, 12:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX64 min
Jul 2, 1:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXFranklin, Hampden, Hampshire45 min
Jul 2, 3:26 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX16 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.