Alert archive / Massachusetts / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2016, 5:36 PM EDT for Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 39 min. 18 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2016, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Suffolk County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 5:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Burlington, MA | |
| Jul 23, 5:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Lexington, MA | |
| Jul 23, 5:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Lexington, MA | |
| Jul 23, 5:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winchester, MA | WIRES DOWN ON IRVING STREET. TREE DOWN ON HOUSE ON SHEFFIELD ROAD. LARGE TREE BRANCH DOWN ON MADISON AVENUE AND CAMBRIDGE STREET. TREE DOWN ON MAIN STREET BY THE REC DEPT. AND ON GRANT STREET NEAR PINE. WIRES DOWN ON HIGHLAND AVENUE. TREE DOWN ON WIRES. LARGE |
| Jul 23, 5:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winchester, MA | WIRES DOWN ON IRVING STREET. TREE DOWN ON HOUSE ON SHEFFIELD ROAD. TREE DOWN ON MAIN STREET BY THE REC DEPT. AND ON GRANT STREET NEAR PINE. |
| Jul 23, 5:54 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Woburn, MA | |
| Jul 23, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Arlington, MA | TREE DOWN ON A CAR ON HOWARD STREET. LARGE BRANCH DOWN ON WIRES ON DUDLEY STREET. |
| Jul 23, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Arlington, MA | SEVERAL BRANCHES AND TREES DOWN AT THE CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND ARNOLD. |
| Jul 23, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Malden, MA | WIRES DOWN ON HANOVER STREET. TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. |
| Jul 23, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Medford, MA | LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Melrose, MA | LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON WHITMAN...LIONEL...AND MIDDLE STREETS. TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON LIONEL AND MIDDLE STREETS. |
| Jul 23, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winchester, MA | LARGE TREE DOWN ON BACON STREET. |
| Jul 23, 6:01 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Arlington, MA | TREE BRANCH DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 6:01 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Arlington, MA | |
| Jul 23, 6:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Everett, MA | TREE DOWN ON AVON STREET. |
| Jul 23, 6:08 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Revere, MA | |
| Jul 23, 6:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Revere, MA | TENT BLOWN OVER ON REVERE BEACH. TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN ON ENDICOTT AVENUE AND ON CARUSO STREET. WIRES DOWN ON VINYL STREET. |
| Jul 23, 6:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Revere, MA | TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN ON ENDICOTT AVENUE AND ON CARUSO STREET. WIRES DOWN ON VINYL STREET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
403
WWUS81 KBOX 232136
SPSBOX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
536 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
MAZ005-007-014-015-232215-
EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA-
536 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2016
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH CENTRAL ESSEX...NORTHERN SUFFOLK AND
EAST CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...
AT 536 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BURLINGTON...OR OVER LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOSTON...CAMBRIDGE...LYNN...SOMERVILLE...WALTHAM...MALDEN...
MEDFORD...REVERE...PEABODY...ARLINGTON...EVERETT...SALEM...
BILLERICA...WOBURN...CHELSEA...WATERTOWN...LEXINGTON...TEWKSBURY...
MELROSE AND SAUGUS.
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 4250 7085 4246 7089 4246 7094 4242 7091
4242 7094 4241 7099 4237 7097 4234 7087
4233 7089 4236 7096 4233 7093 4238 7101
4233 7094 4232 7093 4233 7095 4231 7097
4242 7137 4260 7130
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 288DEG 20KT 4248 7121
$$
FRANKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 90 min | |
| Jul 22, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 61 min | |
| Jul 22, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 56 min |
| Jul 22, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 52 min | |
| Jul 22, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Plymouth | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 48 min | |
| Jul 22, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 66 min | |
| Jul 22, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 60 min | |
| Jul 22, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 65 min | |
| Jul 22, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 59 min | |
| Jul 22, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 11:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 83 min | |
| Jul 22, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 66 min | |
| Jul 22, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 12:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Dukes, Nantucket | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 1:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 94 min |
| Jul 23, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 38 min | |
| Jul 23, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 38 min | |
| Jul 23, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 119 min | |
| Jul 23, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jul 23, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 55 min | |
| Jul 23, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 59 min | |
| Jul 23, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 67 min | |
| Jul 23, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent, Newport | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 61 min | |
| Jul 22, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 52 min | |
| Jul 22, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 50 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.