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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2018, 8:04 PM EDT for Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2018, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Suffolk County, MA
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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 Jul 3, 7:11 PM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 7:11 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 436 AM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018 CTZ003-004-MAZ002>018-026-RIZ001>005-040845- 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- Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI- 436 AM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. Scattered thunderstorms may produce locally heavy rainfall this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Heat and humidity continues through this week, driving heat index values at or above 95 degrees through at least Thursday. Heat Advisories will likely be needed over much of southern New England. There is the potential for strong thunderstorms with heavy rainfall on Friday. ..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. CTZ002-040845- Hartford CT- 436 AM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut. .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. Heat Advisory. Air Quality Alert. Scattered thunderstorms may produce locally heavy rainfall this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Heat and humidity continues through this week, driving heat index values at or above 95 degrees through at least Thursday. Heat Advisories will likely continue to be needed. There is the potential for strong thunderstorms with heavy rain on Friday. ..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ022>024-RIZ008-040845- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Block Island RI- 436 AM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... 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. Dense Fog 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. MAZ019>021-RIZ006-007-040845- Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Washington RI-Newport RI- 436 AM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT 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. Dense Fog Advisory. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Heat and humidity continues through this week, driving heat index values at or above 95 degrees through at least Thursday. Heat Advisories will likely continue to be needed. There is the potential for strong thunderstorms with heavy rainfall on Friday. ..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-040845- 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- 436 AM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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, Jul 3, 2:54 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
254 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2018
MAZ003-004-010-031945-
Northern Worcester MA-Eastern Franklin MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-
254 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2018
...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ...
At 253 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hadley, or near Amherst, moving southeast at 10 mph.
Locations impacted include...
Amherst, Northampton, Deerfield, Ludlow, South Hadley, Belchertown,
Ware, Granby, Hadley, Sunderland, Hatfield, Hardwick, Leverett,
Shutesbury, Whately, Pelham, Petersham and New Salem.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive through flooded roads or underpasses. Avoid low lying
areas near small streams.
Frequent lightning was occurring. Lightning can strike far away from
the storm. Go inside a building or vehicle. Wait at least 30 minutes
until after the storm has passed to resume outdoor activities.
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LAT...LON 4251 7257 4240 7221 4218 7239 4220 7240
4223 7241 4222 7249 4235 7269
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 301DEG 9KT 4240 7255Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 23 min | |
| Jul 3, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 39 min | |
| Jul 4, 5:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Kent, Washington | 77 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.