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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Nov 16, 2017, 3:08 PM EST. It was in force for 67 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
- Nov 16, 2017, 3:08 PM EST (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2017, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 Nov 16, 2:28 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 2:28 PM EST, 40 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 3:18 AM EST, 11 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Taunton MA 318 AM EST Thu Nov 16 2017 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>019-026-RIZ001>005-170830- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA- Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA- Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex MA-Western Hampshire MA- Western Hampden 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-Northern Middlesex MA- Northwest Providence RI-Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI- Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI- 318 AM EST Thu Nov 16 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts, eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern Massachusetts, western Massachusetts and northern Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. There is a low risk for west to southwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 40 to 45 mph late Saturday through Sunday. Wind advisories may be needed during this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ020>024-RIZ006>008-170830- Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Nantucket MA-Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 318 AM EST Thu Nov 16 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern Massachusetts and southern Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. There is a low risk for west to southwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 40 to 45 mph late Saturday through Sunday. Wind advisories may be needed during this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ231>235-237-254>256-170830- Cape Cod Bay-Nantucket Sound-Vineyard Sound-Buzzards Bay- Rhode Island Sound-Block Island Sound- 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- 318 AM EST Thu Nov 16 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ250-251-170830- Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary-Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay- 318 AM EST Thu Nov 16 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ236-170830- Narragansett Bay- 318 AM EST Thu Nov 16 2017 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230-170830- Boston Harbor- 318 AM EST Thu Nov 16 2017 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Watch. .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, Nov 16, 3:08 PM EST, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 3:01 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth | 12 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:05 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 39 hr | |
| Nov 16, 5:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk | 65 min |
| Nov 16, 6:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 60 min |
| Nov 16, 6:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Dukes | 33 min |
| Nov 16, 5:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 49 min |
| Nov 16, 3:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 61 min | |
| Nov 16, 4:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 47 min |
Nearby
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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.