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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

September 30, 2017Essex County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 2017, 6:28 AM EDT for Essex County, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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 30, 2017, 6:28 AM EDT (10:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2017, 7:15 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Essex County, MA, Suffolk County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 30, 6:35 AM EDTHAIL 1Lynn, MA

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

260 
WUUS51 KBOX 301028
SVRBOX
MAC009-025-301115-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0080.170930T1028Z-170930T1115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Taunton MA
628 AM EDT SAT SEP 30 2017

The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Suffolk County in eastern Massachusetts...
  South central Essex County in northeastern Massachusetts...

* Until 715 AM EDT

* At 627 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lynn, and is
  nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is possible. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Lynn, Revere, Peabody, Salem, Saugus, Marblehead, Swampscott and
  Nahant.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4249 7084 4242 7094 4242 7096 4241 7097
      4248 7103 4254 7090
TIME...MOT...LOC 1027Z 250DEG 2KT 4247 7095 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Frank

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 4:06 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX21 hr
Sep 30, 5:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXEssex38 min
Sep 30, 6:04 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningBOXEssex, Suffolk116 min
Sep 30, 6:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXEssex, Suffolk113 min
Sep 30, 6:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXSuffolk51 min
Sep 30, 6:32 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX43 min
Sep 30, 8:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXMiddlesex, Suffolk2 hr
Sep 30, 9:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXNorfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk2 hr
Sep 30, 9:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXSuffolk66 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.