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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Mar 17, 2016, 6:34 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 56 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 17, 2016, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 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 17, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 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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</html>The office that day
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, 11:02 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, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 54 min | |
| Mar 17, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 33 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Rhode Island, 2016Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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.