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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Mar 16, 2016, 11:02 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2016, 11:02 PM EDT (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 1115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 weather statement went out at Mar 16, 10:50 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 10:50 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 428 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-172030- 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- 428 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY...AND RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS EVEN A LOW RISK FOR A VERY LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUST OR TWO. THE MAIN TIME FRAME OF CONCERN IS BETWEEN 2 AND 8 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... A COASTAL STORM MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT RAIN AND/OR SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON EXACT DETAILS AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-172030- 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- 428 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR A PERIOD OF NORTHWEST GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... THERE IS A LOW RISK FOR NORTHEAST GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS SOMETIME SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 11:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 11:47 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, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 54 min | |
| Mar 17, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 33 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.