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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2016, 1:45 PM EDT for Kent County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 60 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 16, 2016, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Kent County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1793 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
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 16, 1:33 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 1:33 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 10:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1040 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 MAZ005>007-013>024-026-RIZ002>008-171445- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX 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- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 1040 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN...NORTHEASTERN...AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH THE THREATS OF GUSTY TO DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THERE IS THE RISK OF LOCALIZED URBAN AND POOR- DRAINAGE FLOODING WITH HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-171445- 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- 1040 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS COASTAL WATERS...ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN COASTAL WATERS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-RIZ001-171445- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- 1040 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH THE THREATS OF GUSTY TO DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THERE IS THE RISK OF LOCALIZED URBAN AND POOR- DRAINAGE FLOODING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. 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 16, 12:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
145 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
RIZ003-006-161845-
WASHINGTON RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
145 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS WESTERN RHODE ISLAND BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM...
AT 142 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
VOLUNTOWN...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF PLAINFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING WILL
OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COVENTRY...EAST GREENWICH...HOPKINTON...RICHMOND...EXETER AND WEST
GREENWICH.
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
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4164 7179 4165 7178 4173 7167 4163 7154
4160 7154 4151 7179
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 231DEG 20KT 4157 7187
THOMPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 37 min | |
| Aug 16, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 55 min | |
| Aug 16, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 63 min | |
| Aug 16, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 49 min | |
| Aug 16, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.