Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Watches in 2018
Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Mar 1, 2018, 3:32 AM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Mar 2, 2018, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2018, 3:32 AM EST (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2018, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2018, 4:06 AM EST
- In force
- 6 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 1, 12:50 AM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 12:50 AM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 4:23 AM EST, 23 hours 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Taunton MA 423 AM EST Wed Feb 28 2018 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>006-008>014-017-018-020-021-026-RIZ001>008-010930- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA- Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA- Western Essex MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA- Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA- Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-Northern Bristol MA- Western Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth 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- 423 AM EST Wed Feb 28 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts, eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern Massachusetts, western Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thursday night into Saturday... A significant coastal storm will impact Southern New England with major coastal flooding possible, strong to damaging winds and heavy rain with potential flooding. Rain may mix with or change to snow for a time and may be accompanied by snow accumulations. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ007-015-016-019-022>024-010930- Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Eastern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- 423 AM EST Wed Feb 28 2018 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Coastal Flood Watch. Thursday night through Saturday... A powerful coastal storm may result in strong to damaging winds along with very heavy rainfall and potential flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-010930- 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- 423 AM EST Wed Feb 28 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thursday night into Saturday... A significant coastal storm will impact the Southern New England waters. Northeast winds to gale force are expected, and storm force winds are possible. During high astronomical tides, an accompanying long east-northeast fetch could lead to very high and dangerous seas. .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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:27 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more | 52 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:50 AM EST | Hurricane Force Wind Watch | BOX | 12 hr | |
| Mar 1, 11:37 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 63 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:37 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol | 41 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:26 PM EST | Hurricane Force Wind Warning | BOX | 33 hr | |
| Mar 1, 3:26 PM EST | Storm Warning | BOX | 40 hr | |
| Mar 1, 3:27 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 29 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:38 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 60 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:14 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 4 days |
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.