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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

September 6, 2017Bristol County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Bristol County, Newport County, Providence County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2017, 10:42 AM EDT for Bristol County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Bristol County, Newport County, Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 33 min. 9 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
Sep 6, 2017, 10:42 AM EDT (14:42 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2017, 11:15 AM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bristol County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 6, 10:42 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGSwansea, MAWIRES DOWN ON WARREN AVE NEAR HOLLISTER ROAD
Sep 6, 10:55 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGAcushnet, MAWIRES DOWN AT PEMBROKE AVE AT DALTON STREET
Sep 6, 10:56 AM EDTMARINE TSTM WIND 57Fall River, MABORDEN FLATS
Sep 6, 10:57 AM EDTMARINE TSTM WIND 57Fall River, MABORDEN FLATS
Sep 6, 11:00 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGFall River, MATREE DOWN ON CAR ON TUTTLE STREET
Sep 6, 11:00 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGSomerset, MAPOWER LINES DOWN ON ONEILL ROAD
Sep 6, 11:10 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGMiddleboro, MATREE DOWN ON PLYMOUTH STREET
Sep 6, 11:20 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGHolbrook, MATREE DOWN ON WESTON AVENUE AT UNION STREET
Sep 6, 11:24 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGBraintree, MATREE DOWN IN ROAD NEAR STOP AND SHOP

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 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2017-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 363 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Chatham, MA at 12:00Z on 2017-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
363 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

488 
WUUS51 KBOX 061442
SVRBOX
MAC005-021-023-RIC001-005-007-061515-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0077.170906T1442Z-170906T1515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Taunton MA
1042 AM EDT WED SEP 6 2017

The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Norfolk County in eastern Massachusetts...
  Plymouth County in southeastern Massachusetts...
  Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts...
  Northeastern Newport County in Rhode Island...
  Eastern Providence County in Rhode Island...
  Bristol County in Rhode Island...

* Until 1115 AM EDT

* At 1041 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Woonsocket to Dartmouth, moving northeast at 45 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Providence, New Bedford, Brockton, Quincy, Fall River, Warwick,
  Cranston, Pawtucket, Plymouth, Taunton, Weymouth, East Providence,
  Woonsocket, Braintree, Dartmouth, Cumberland, Randolph, North
  Providence, Franklin and Johnston.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4149 7108 4147 7113 4170 7138 4171 7136
      4166 7132 4169 7131 4173 7139 4176 7139
      4177 7142 4175 7145 4192 7165 4224 7102
      4189 7055 4158 7087 4159 7088 4157 7093
      4152 7093 4147 7103
TIME...MOT...LOC 1441Z 224DEG 55KT 4198 7150 4156 7097 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LEC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 9:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXEssex30 min
Sep 6, 9:45 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX25 hr
Sep 6, 10:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX45 min
Sep 6, 10:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol41 min
Sep 6, 10:16 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX44 min
Sep 6, 10:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXBristol, Plymouth60 min
Sep 6, 11:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX37 min
Sep 6, 11:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNorfolk, Plymouth35 min
Sep 6, 11:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXDukes27 min
Sep 6, 11:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX46 min
Sep 6, 11:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex29 min
Sep 6, 11:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBarnstable25 min
Sep 6, 12:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX59 min
Sep 6, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBarnstable38 min
Sep 6, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBarnstable25 min
Sep 6, 1:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXDukes64 min
Sep 6, 1:39 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBOXBarnstable111 min
Sep 6, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX65 min
Sep 6, 9:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXWashington33 min

Nearby

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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.