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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at May 25, 2017, 11:22 PM EDT for Bristol County, Worcester County, Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island. It was in force for 53 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 25, 2017, 11:22 PM EDT (03:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2017, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Bristol County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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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 25, 10:31 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 10:31 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Taunton MA 753 PM EDT Thu May 25 2017 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>006-008>014-017-018-026-RIZ001-003-270000- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA- Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA- Western Essex MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA- Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA- Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-Northern Bristol MA- Western Plymouth MA-Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI- Western Kent RI- 753 PM EDT Thu May 25 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, all of interior Massachusetts except for Berkshire County, and northwest Rhode Island. .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. MAZ022-024-270000- Barnstable MA-Nantucket MA- 753 PM EDT Thu May 25 2017 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Cape Cod and Nantucket. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Dense Fog Advisory. Coastal Flood Advisory. .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. MAZ007-015-016-019-270000- Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Eastern Plymouth MA- 753 PM EDT Thu May 25 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern coastal Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Coastal Flood Advisory. .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. MAZ020-021-RIZ002-004>007-270000- Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Southeast Providence RI- Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI- 753 PM EDT Thu May 25 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south coastal Massachusetts, and coastal Rhode Island. .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. MAZ023-RIZ008-270000- Dukes MA-Block Island RI- 753 PM EDT Thu May 25 2017 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Martha's Vineyard and Block Island. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Dense Fog Advisory. .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>256-270000- 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- 753 PM EDT Thu May 25 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
Special weather statement, May 25, 11:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:47 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more | 10 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Rhode Island, 2017Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2017Special Weather Statements in Connecticut, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017
Sources
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.