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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2016, 7:31 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
- Jul 15, 2016, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Franklin County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 Jul 15, 4:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 4:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 352 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016 CTZ002-MAZ002>011-014-026-160800- HARTFORD 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-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- 352 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES SOARING TO 90 TO 95 DEGREES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL YIELD HEAT INDICES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-160800- 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- 352 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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. CTZ003-004-MAZ013-016>021-RIZ001>007-160800- TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- 352 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH OF THE MASS PIKE IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE MAIN THREATS ARE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ012-015-160800- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA- 352 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES SOARING TO 90 TO 95 DEGREES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON. .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. MAZ022>024-RIZ008-160800- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 352 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. .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
Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
320 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 WNW KIEFER PARK 41.60N 71.46W
07/15/2016 WASHINGTON RI PUBLIC
TREES AND WIRES DOWN
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LECLocal storm report, Jul 15, 3:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:11 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 5 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 48 min | |
| Jul 15, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 2:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 54 min | |
| Jul 15, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 51 min | |
| Jul 15, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 54 min | |
| Jul 15, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 55 min | |
| Jul 15, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 43 min | |
| Jul 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 22 min |
| Jul 15, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 50 min |
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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.