Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Aug 2, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2017, 4:45 PM EDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Hail

1.0 in

Wind

60.0 mph

County Worcester County, MA

The Boston radar (KBOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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829 
WUUS51 KBOX 022000
SVRBOX
MAC027-022045-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0065.170802T2000Z-170802T2045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Worcester County in central Massachusetts...

* Until 445 PM EDT

* At 359 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over New
  Braintree, or 16 miles west of Worcester, 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...
  Gardner, Holden, Spencer, Templeton, Rutland, Sterling, West
  Boylston, Westminster, Ashburnham, Barre, Paxton, North Brookfield,
  Hubbardston, West Brookfield, Princeton, Hardwick, Oakham,
  Phillipston and New Braintree.

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 4223 7214 4236 7225 4262 7195 4237 7179
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 237DEG 4KT 4232 7213 

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

Frank

900 
WWUS51 KBOX 022036
SVSBOX

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

MAC027-022045-
/O.EXP.KBOX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-170802T2045Z/
Worcester MA-
436 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4223 7214 4236 7225 4262 7195 4237 7179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 237DEG 4KT 4234 7208 

$$

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.