Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Aug 2, 2017, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2017, 4:02 PM EDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Hail

1.0 in

Wind

60.0 mph

County Middlesex County, MA

The Boston radar (KBOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS51 KBOX 021933
SVRBOX
MAC017-022015-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0063.170802T1933Z-170802T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Taunton MA
333 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017

The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Middlesex County in northeastern Massachusetts...

* Until 415 PM EDT

* At 333 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Winchester,
  or over Woburn, and is nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect damage to 
           trees and power lines. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Cambridge, Somerville, Malden, Medford, Revere, Arlington, Everett,
  Woburn, Chelsea, Lexington, Melrose, Saugus, Wakefield, Reading,
  Belmont, Burlington, Stoneham, Winchester and Nahant.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4255 7109 4252 7107 4252 7104 4247 7105
      4244 7102 4244 7096 4246 7094 4245 7094
      4244 7092 4243 7097 4243 7102 4239 7105
      4237 7114 4247 7125
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 237DEG 4KT 4246 7118 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Frank

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WWUS51 KBOX 022002
SVSBOX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Taunton MA
402 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017

MAC017-022012-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-170802T2015Z/
Middlesex MA-
402 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4255 7109 4252 7107 4252 7104 4247 7105
      4244 7102 4244 7096 4246 7094 4245 7094
      4244 7092 4243 7097 4243 7102 4239 7105
      4237 7114 4247 7125
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 237DEG 4KT 4248 7114 

$$

Frank

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.