Alert archive / Massachusetts / Special Marine Warnings in 2016
Special Marine Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special marine warning at Mar 17, 2016, 6:36 PM EDT. It was in force for 54 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
- Mar 17, 2016, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
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 Mar 17, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 457 PM EDT THU MAR 17 2016 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-182100- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 457 PM EDT THU MAR 17 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY...AND RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. THERE IS EVEN A LOW RISK FOR A VERY LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE MAIN TIME FRAME OF CONCERN IS THROUGH 8 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A COASTAL STORM MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW POSSIBLY MIXING WITH RAIN TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON EXACT DETAILS AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-182100- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND- 457 PM EDT THU MAR 17 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WATERS ALONG EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. THE MAIN TIME FRAME OF CONCERN IS THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... THERE IS A LOW RISK FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF NORTHWEST GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. LATE SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR NORTHEAST GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR NORTHWEST TO WEST GALE FORCE GUSTS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSBOSTON YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @NWSBOSTON
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Special weather statement, Mar 17, 5:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 16, 8:53 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 20 hr | |
| Mar 16, 8:53 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 6 hr | |
| Mar 16, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 58 min |
| Mar 16, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 43 min |
| Mar 17, 6:00 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 24 min |
| Mar 17, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 45 min |
| Mar 17, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester | 45 min |
| Mar 17, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 45 min |
| Mar 17, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 48 min |
| Mar 17, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 23 min |
| Mar 17, 4:30 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 11 hr | |
| Mar 17, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 60 min | |
| Mar 17, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 38 min |
| Mar 17, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 57 min | |
| Mar 17, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 51 min |
| Mar 17, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable | 56 min |
| Mar 17, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 33 min |
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