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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2018, 2:01 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 29 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
- Aug 17, 2018, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2018, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Franklin County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Aug 17, 10:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 10:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 12:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1229 PM EDT Fri Aug 17 2018 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-171830- 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- Including the cities of Hartford, Windsor Locks, Union, Vernon, Putnam, Willimantic, Charlemont, Greenfield, Orange, Barre, Fitchburg, Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Gloucester, Chesterfield, Blandford, Amherst, Northampton, Springfield, Milford, Worcester, Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Boston, Quincy, Taunton, Brockton, Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Vineyard Haven, Nantucket, Ayer, Foster, Smithfield, Providence, Coventry, West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Bristol, Narragansett, Westerly, Newport, and New Shoreham 1229 PM EDT Fri Aug 17 2018 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A few severe thunderstorms are possible in Southern New England this afternoon and early tonight. Any damaging weather that forms would most likely come as strong wind gusts. There is a low chance of an isolated tornado. In addition, heavy rainfall may produce local flooding, especially in areas of poor drainage. The best chance for damaging thunderstorms will take place in Central and Western Massachusetts, Northern Connecticut, and Northwest Rhode Island. The most likely time will be from 4 PM to Midnight. Spotters should remain alert and report any observed damaging weather. wtb
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
201 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2018
MAZ003-004-010-011-171830-
Eastern Hampden MA-Northern Worcester MA-Eastern Franklin MA-
Eastern Hampshire MA-
201 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2018
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...
At 201 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Montague to near Chicopee. Movement was
east at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will accompany these storms along with
locally heavy rain and possibly minor flooding.
Locations impacted include...
Chicopee, Holyoke, Amherst, Northampton, Greenfield, Orange,
Deerfield, Ludlow, South Hadley, Easthampton, Belchertown, Palmer,
Athol, Ware, Montague, Granby, Barre, Hadley, Warren and West
Brookfield.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Get indoors when these storms approach. 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 4272 7212 4221 7218 4217 7264 4262 7262
4272 7229
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 256DEG 27KT 4258 7249 4222 7255
NoceraThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 36 min |
| Aug 17, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 52 min | |
| Aug 17, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.