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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jan 23, 2018, 1:03 PM EST for Kent County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 42 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
- Jan 23, 2018, 1:03 PM EST (18:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2018, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Kent County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 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 Jan 23, 10:34 AM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 10:34 AM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 12:48 PM EST, 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Taunton MA 1248 PM EST Tue Jan 23 2018 MAZ004-241800- Northern Worcester MA- 1248 PM EST Tue Jan 23 2018 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Winter Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ005>007-014-026-241800- Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex MA- Southeast Middlesex MA-Northern Middlesex MA- 1248 PM EST Tue Jan 23 2018 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central and northeastern Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. There is a risk for some minor urban and poor drainage flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. CTZ002>004-MAZ002-008>012-RIZ001-241800- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA- Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA-Eastern Hampshire MA- Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA-Northwest Providence RI- 1248 PM EST Tue Jan 23 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts, western Massachusetts and northern Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. There is a risk for some minor urban and poor drainage flooding and a low risk for some additional river flooding due to lagging ice jams. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ003-241800- Eastern Franklin MA- 1248 PM EST Tue Jan 23 2018 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ013-015>024-RIZ002>008-241800- Western Norfolk 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- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI- Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 1248 PM EST Tue Jan 23 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern Massachusetts, southeastern Massachusetts, and all of Rhode Island except northwestern Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon 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. There is a risk for some minor urban and poor drainage flooding with heavy rain and possible thunderstorms into this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ232>235-237-250-254>256-241800- Nantucket Sound-Vineyard Sound-Buzzards Bay-Rhode Island Sound- Block Island Sound- Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary- 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- 1248 PM EST Tue Jan 23 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon 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...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230-231-236-251-241800- Boston Harbor-Cape Cod Bay-Narragansett Bay- Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay- 1248 PM EST Tue Jan 23 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon 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...Wednesday through Monday. 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, Jan 23, 1:03 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Taunton MA
103 PM EST TUE JAN 23 2018
RIZ004-231845-
Eastern Kent RI-
103 PM EST TUE JAN 23 2018
...Strong Thunderstorms Developing in northeastern Washington...
eastern Kent and southeastern Providence Counties...
At 102 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Rochester, or near Marion, moving northeast at 55 mph.
Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will accompany this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Warwick, Cranston, West Warwick, North Kingstown and East Greenwich.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive through flooded roads or underpasses. Avoid low lying
areas near small streams.
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LAT...LON 4160 7154 4173 7153 4173 7146 4177 7142
4172 7136 4167 7138 4169 7145 4166 7144
4167 7143 4166 7141 4162 7149 4160 7149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 222DEG 48KT 4175 7083
BelkThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 1:33 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 57 min | |
| Jan 23, 2:07 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 53 min | |
| Jan 23, 2:37 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol | 53 min |
| Jan 23, 3:03 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 57 min | |
| Jan 23, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 67 min |
| Jan 23, 3:43 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 92 min | |
| Jan 23, 4:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Nantucket | 24 min |
| Jan 23, 6:01 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 66 hr |
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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.