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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2017, 1:34 AM EDT for Providence County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2017, 1:34 AM EDT (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2017, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 19, 1:15 AM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 1:15 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Taunton MA 348 PM EDT Thu May 18 2017 CTZ002>004-MAZ004>007-010>023-026-RIZ001>008-192000- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Northern Worcester MA- Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex MA- Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA- Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA- Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI- Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 348 PM EDT Thu May 18 2017 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts, eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern Massachusetts, western Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered strong thunderstorms are possible tonight in northern Connecticut as well as western and central Massachusetts. Some storms may produce strong winds and hail. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Air Quality Alert. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ002-003-008-009-024-192000- Western Franklin MA-Eastern Franklin MA-Western Hampshire MA- Western Hampden MA-Nantucket MA- 348 PM EDT Thu May 18 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern Massachusetts and western Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms tonight may produce strong wind gusts and hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-192000- Boston Harbor-Cape Cod Bay-Nantucket Sound-Vineyard Sound- Buzzards Bay-Rhode Island Sound-Narragansett Bay-Block Island Sound- Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary-Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay- Coastal waters from Provincetown MA to Chatham MA to Nantucket MA out 20 nm- Coastal Waters extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket- Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 nm South of Block Island- 348 PM EDT Thu May 18 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. For the latest updates...please visit our webpage at www.weather.gov/boston You can follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NWSBoston You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 19, 12:23 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 39 min |
| May 18, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester | 55 min |
| May 18, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 62 min |
| May 18, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 61 min |
| May 18, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 55 min | |
| May 18, 10:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 49 min |
| May 18, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 30 min |
| May 19, 12:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester | 27 min |
| May 19, 12:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 97 min | |
| May 18, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 25 min |
| May 18, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 32 min | |
| May 18, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 36 min | |
| May 19, 12:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 28 min |
| May 19, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 33 min | |
| May 19, 12:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 34 min | |
| May 19, 12:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 39 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.