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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 22, 2016

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Apr 22, 2016, 8:14 PM EDT. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 22, 2016, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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 Apr 22, 5:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 5:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 3:56 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
356 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2016

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-232000-
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-
356 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...ALL OF
MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY...AND RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. HOWEVER...A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING TO THE
WEST OF A BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE LINE. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE
LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED 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>256-232000-
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-
356 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON

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WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.BOSTON.GOV

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@NWSBOSTON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 3:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
332 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2016

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>012-014-026-222100-
WINDHAM CT-TOLLAND CT-HARTFORD CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA-
332 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2016

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT WILL CONTINUE
TO ADVANCE EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BRINGING
BENEFICIAL RAINS TO THE REGION. A FEW OF THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ALONG
WITH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS WILL LIKELY REMAIN DRY THROUGH SUNSET WITH
ANY SHOWERS HOLDING OFF UNTIL LATE EVENING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WORCESTER...SPRINGFIELD...HARTFORD...LOWELL...NASHUA...LAWRENCE...NEW
BRITAIN...FRAMINGHAM...WEST HARTFORD...HAVERHILL...WALTHAM...BRISTOL...
MANCHESTER...CHICOPEE...EAST HARTFORD...PEABODY...METHUEN...ENFIELD...
SOUTHINGTON AND WESTFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 4287 7082 4272 7078 4272 7079 4277 7082
      4271 7083 4271 7081 4201 7181 4166 7214
      4171 7224 4159 7239 4165 7253 4156 7295
      4180 7302 4197 7289 4197 7303 4210 7307
      4263 7295 4274 7302 4270 7129 4282 7115
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 274DEG 27KT 4266 7134 4214 7340
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 4:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
449 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2016

CTZ002-003-222115-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-
449 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN TOLLAND AND NORTHEASTERN
HARTFORD COUNTIES...

AT 448 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
WINDSOR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARTFORD...WEST HARTFORD...ENFIELD...VERNON...WINDSOR...SOUTH WINDSOR...
SIMSBURY...BLOOMFIELD...AVON...SUFFIELD...ELLINGTON...TOLLAND...WINDSOR
LOCKS...STAFFORD...SOMERS...GRANBY...EAST WINDSOR...WILLINGTON AND EAST
GRANBY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS OR UNDERPASSES. AVOID LOW LYING
AREAS NEAR SMALL STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 4179 7280 4192 7285 4203 7247 4185 7223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 249DEG 31KT 4189 7267

NOCERA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 3:30 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryBOXBristol, Essex, Middlesex, Plymouth25 hr
Apr 23, 10:57 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.