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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2016, 7:14 AM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 61 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
- Aug 10, 2016, 7:14 AM EDT (11:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2016, 8:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Franklin County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Aug 10, 6:54 AM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 6:54 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 415 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-007>012-019>024-026-RIZ001>008-110815- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER 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- 415 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... HOT AND VERY HUMID WEATHER EXPECTED EACH DAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON/S. HEAT ADVISORIES AND/OR EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES/WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH AT LEAST LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES. DESPITE OUR CURRENT DROUGHT, THERE WILL BE THE RISK FOR LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING WITH THE HIGHEST RISK THIS WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME RISK FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THIS PERIOD BUT CONFIDENCE ON TIMING IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MAZ005-006-013>018-110815- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA- 415 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... HOT AND VERY HUMID WEATHER EXPECTED EACH DAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON/S. HEAT ADVISORIES AND/OR EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES/WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH AT LEAST LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES. DESPITE OUR CURRENT DROUGHT, THERE WILL BE THE RISK FOR LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING WITH THE HIGHEST RISK THIS WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME RISK FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THIS PERIOD BUT CONFIDENCE ON TIMING IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-110815- 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- 415 AM EDT WED AUG 10 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. 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
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 7:14 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:13 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 40 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:33 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.