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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 24, 2018Worcester County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2018, 10:34 AM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Jul 24, 2018, 10:34 AM EDT (14:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2018, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Worcester County, MA

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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 Jul 24, 10:15 AM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 10:15 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 3:38 AM EDT, 6 hours 56 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
338 AM EDT Tue Jul 24 2018

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-250745-
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-Southern Bristol MA-
Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-
Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI-
Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-
Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI-
338 AM EDT Tue Jul 24 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, all of
Massachusetts east of Berkshire County, and Rhode Island.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Wednesday and Thursday...

Showers and embedded thunderstorms are anticipated at times Wednesday
into Thursday with the potential for heavy rainfall. The specific
timing is uncertain, but the possibility exists for localized flash
flooding and isolated severe thunderstorms, mainly in the form of
straight-line wind damage, if it were to occur. The main area of
concern is along and especially northwest of the Boston to Providence
corridor, with the highest risk across interior Massachusetts and
northern Connecticut.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-250745-
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-
338 AM EDT Tue Jul 24 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts and Rhode
Island coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

A few strong thunderstorms with gusty winds are possible sometime
Wednesday afternoon into Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 10:34 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
1034 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2018

MAZ004-241530-
Northern Worcester MA-
1034 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2018

...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOUR IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...

At 1032 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a heavy shower over North
Brookfield, or 12 miles west of Worcester, moving north at 20 mph.

Locations impacted include...
Gardner, Spencer, Templeton, Rutland, Westminster, Barre, Warren,
Paxton, North Brookfield, Hubbardston, West Brookfield, Princeton,
Brookfield, Hardwick, East Brookfield, Oakham, Phillipston, Petersham
and New Braintree.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4221 7197 4222 7218 4257 7216 4255 7191
TIME...MOT...LOC 1432Z 184DEG 19KT 4226 7205

WTB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 8:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXWorcester43 min
Jul 24, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampshire51 min
Jul 24, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXWorcester45 min
Jul 24, 10:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX53 min
Jul 24, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.