Alert archive / Massachusetts / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 2016, 3:24 AM EDT for Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 36 min. 13 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
- Aug 22, 2016, 3:24 AM EDT (07:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Middlesex County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 3:25 AM EDT | TORNADO | Concord, MA | MULTIPLE TREES... WIRES AND UTILITY POLES DOWN ON LEXINGTON RD... ALCOTT RD... OLD BEDFORD RD... VIRGINIA RD... EDMONDS RD... INDEPENDENCE LANE...CAMBRIDGE TURNPIKE... HAWTHORNE LANE |
| Aug 22, 3:29 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | 300-600 BLOCK OF LEXINGTON RD- TREES... WIRES... UTILITY POLES DOWN... ONE TREE LIMB THROUGH WINDOW OF A HOME... ANOTHER ON ROOF OF A HOME |
| Aug 22, 3:29 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON MULTIPLE HOMES...LEXINGTON RD. ROAD COMPLETELY BLOCKED. |
| Aug 22, 3:29 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | MULTIPLE TREES... WIRES AND UTILITY POLES DOWN ON LEXINGTON RD... ALCOTT RD... OLD BEDFORD RD... VIRGINIA RD... EDMONDS RD... INDEPENDECNE LANE...CAMBRDIGE TURNPIKE... HAWTHORNE LANE |
| Aug 22, 3:29 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | TREE DOWN ON BAKER AVE BLOCKING RD |
| Aug 22, 3:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | TREES DOWN ON MERRIAM RD NEAR RIPLEY SCHOOL. |
| Aug 22, 3:44 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Woburn, MA | LARGE TREE LIMB BLOCKING WASHINGTON ST... BIG ENOUGH WHERE PD COULD NOT MOVE IT |
| Aug 22, 3:50 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | TREES DOWN ON ALCOTT RD. |
| Aug 22, 3:59 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | ALL TELEPHONE POLES KNOCKED DOWN FROM 204 INDEPENDENCE RD TO ALCROTT RD. |
| Aug 22, 3:59 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | TOPS OF TREES SNAPPED ON LEXINGTON RD VICINITY OF ALCROTT AND INDEPENDENCE ROADS. |
| Aug 22, 3:59 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | TREES DOWN ON INDEPENDENCE RD. |
| Aug 22, 3:59 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | TREES DOWN ON MERRIAM RD NEAR RIPLEY SCHOOL. |
| Aug 22, 4:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Concord, MA | TREES DOWN ON INDEPENDENCE RD. |
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 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
681
WFUS51 KBOX 220724
TORBOX
MAC017-220800-
/O.NEW.KBOX.TO.W.0002.160822T0724Z-160822T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
324 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 400 AM EDT
* AT 323 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BEDFORD...OR NEAR LEXINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BILLERICA...WOBURN AND BURLINGTON AROUND 335 AM EDT.
TEWKSBURY AROUND 340 AM EDT.
WAKEFIELD...READING AND WILMINGTON AROUND 345 AM EDT.
NORTH READING AND LYNNFIELD AROUND 350 AM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4263 7124 4255 7107 4253 7107 4252 7106
4242 7133 4251 7146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 231DEG 30KT 4249 7131
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
FRANK2 follow-up statements
354
WWUS51 KBOX 220736
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
336 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2016
MAC017-220800-
/O.CON.KBOX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160822T0800Z/
MIDDLESEX MA-
336 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY...
AT 335 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BILLERICA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. POWER OUTAGES AND SOME TREE
DAMAGE REPORTED EARLIER IN MARLBOROUGH AND CONCORD, BUT
EXTENT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WILMINGTON AROUND 345 AM EDT.
READING AROUND 350 AM EDT.
NORTH READING AROUND 355 AM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4263 7124 4255 7107 4254 7110 4253 7112
4250 7125 4258 7133
TIME...MOT...LOC 0735Z 241DEG 26KT 4255 7123
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
FRANK151
WWUS51 KBOX 220752
SVSBOX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
352 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2016
MAC017-220801-
/O.EXP.KBOX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160822T0800Z/
MIDDLESEX MA-
352 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 400 AM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4263 7124 4255 7107 4254 7110 4253 7112
4250 7125 4258 7133
TIME...MOT...LOC 0750Z 231DEG 30KT 4255 7123
$$
FRANKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 54 min | |
| Aug 22, 2:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 24 min |
| Aug 22, 2:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 32 min | |
| Aug 22, 3:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 3:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 60 min | |
| Aug 22, 3:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 42 min |
| Aug 22, 3:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 3:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 4:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 58 min | |
| Aug 22, 4:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Plymouth, Suffolk | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 4:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 66 min | |
| Aug 22, 4:25 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 22 hr | |
| Aug 22, 5:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Nantucket | 27 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.