Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Aug 2, 2017, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Essex County, MA

The Boston radar (KBOX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Taunton MA
313 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017
 
MAZ006-007-014-022000-
Eastern Essex MA-Western Essex MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-
313 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017

...Strong Thunderstorm in southwestern Essex and east central
Middlesex Counties...

At 312 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
North Reading, or near Peabody, moving northeast at 15 mph.

Pea to dime size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will accompany 
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lynn, Medford, Peabody, Arlington, Salem, Beverly, Woburn, Andover,
North Andover, Melrose, Saugus, Danvers, Wakefield, Reading,
Stoneham, Winchester, Marblehead, North Reading, Ipswich and
Lynnfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Get indoors when this storm approaches. Winds may be strong enough to
produce minor damage, such as a few downed branches.

Do not drive through flooded roads or underpasses. Avoid low lying
areas near small streams.

&&

LAT...LON 4254 7079 4242 7115 4252 7113 4250 7111
      4253 7107 4257 7106 4257 7103 4261 7106
      4260 7112 4261 7112 4272 7092
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 237DEG 14KT 4258 7106 

$$

Frank

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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.