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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2017, 7:11 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 19, 2017, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Middlesex County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Jun 19, 7:05 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 7:05 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Taunton MA 405 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2017 CTZ002-003-MAZ002>004-008>012-202015- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Western Franklin MA-Eastern Franklin MA- Northern Worcester MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA- Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA- 405 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2017 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 354 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts and western 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. Flash Flood Watch. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MAZ005>007-013>024-RIZ001>008-202015- Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex 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-Nantucket MA-Northwest Providence RI- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI- Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 405 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms this evening and tonight may produce strong wind gusts. An isolated damaging gust is possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. CTZ004-202015- Windham CT- 405 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2017 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 354 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MAZ026-202015- Northern Middlesex MA- 405 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2017 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT TUESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern 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. Flash Flood Watch. Scattered severe thunderstorms along with potential for localized flash flooding are possible across interior Massachusetts and portions of northern Connecticut this evening and early tonight. The main time of concern is through 10 pm. The primary risk with any severe thunderstorm will be damaging wind gusts with hail a secondary concern. In addition...an isolated tornado is possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-202015- 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- 405 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. There is a low risk for a few strong thunderstorms with gusty winds tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. 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
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 2:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 119 min |
| Jun 19, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 4:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.