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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 7, 2016Franklin County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jun 7, 2016, 5:01 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 44 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: Jun 7, 2016, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Franklin County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 76 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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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 Jun 7, 3:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 4:04 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1251 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016

MAZ007-071730-
EASTERN ESSEX MA-
1251 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX COUNTY...

AT 1251 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER SALEM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYNN...PEABODY...SALEM...BEVERLY...GLOUCESTER...DANVERS...MARBLEHEAD.
..
SWAMPSCOTT...IPSWICH...HAMILTON...ROCKPORT...TOPSFIELD...MANCHESTER..
.
WENHAM...ESSEX AND NAHANT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4270 7079 4267 7073 4264 7076 4269 7063
      4264 7059 4258 7066 4261 7066 4253 7078
      4256 7078 4254 7090 4250 7089 4252 7085
      4250 7085 4242 7091 4259 7098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 236DEG 25KT 4251 7087

FRANK

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
125 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016

MAZ002-008-071815-
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
125 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN HAMPSHIRE AND WEST CENTRAL
FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 125 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
EAST WINDSOR...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH ADAMS...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUCKLAND...CONWAY...ASHFIELD...CHARLEMONT...WORTHINGTON...GOSHEN...
CUMMINGTON...PLAINFIELD...HAWLEY AND EAST WINDSOR.

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 4252 7297 4256 7298 4261 7296 4262 7294
      4264 7284 4249 7272 4243 7300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 250DEG 36KT 4252 7299

FRANK

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
212 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016

MAZ003-004-071900-
NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-
212 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES
COUNTIES...

AT 211 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GREENFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENFIELD...ORANGE...DEERFIELD...ATHOL...WINCHENDON...MONTAGUE...
TEMPLETON...RINDGE...WINCHESTER...NORTHFIELD...FITZWILLIAM...
BERNARDSTON...SHELBURNE...ERVING...PHILLIPSTON...GILL...ROYALSTON...
RICHMOND...WENDELL AND WARWICK.

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 4272 7203 4271 7202 4264 7199 4251 7263
      4257 7266 4257 7264 4258 7265 4261 7264
      4273 7240
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 242DEG 28KT 4258 7258

FRANK

Local storm report, Jun 7, 3:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 4:14 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Jun 7, 11:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex	25 min
Jun 7, 11:52 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		38 min
Jun 7, 11:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex	27 min
Jun 7, 12:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		66 min
Jun 7, 12:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex	59 min
Jun 7, 12:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex	43 min
Jun 7, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex	39 min
Jun 7, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	50 min
Jun 7, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	48 min
Jun 7, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		39 min
Jun 7, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		59 min
Jun 7, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	38 min
Jun 7, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	45 min
Jun 7, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	45 min
Jun 7, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		39 min
Jun 7, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk	49 min
Jun 7, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Providence	60 min
Jun 7, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		40 min

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Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2016 Every 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.