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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood warning at Jan 24, 2019, 9:31 PM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2019, 9:31 PM EST (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2019, 12:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -416 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Jan 24, 7:31 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 7:31 PM EST, 2 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 3:56 AM EST, 17 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 356 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-250900- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA- Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-Western Hampshire MA- Western Hampden MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA- Southern Worcester MA-Northern Middlesex MA- 356 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts, eastern Massachusetts and western Massachusetts. .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. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. MAZ005>007-013>017-RIZ001>004-250900- Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex MA- Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA- Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA-Northwest Providence RI- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI- 356 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern 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. Flash Flood Watch. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. MAZ020>022-RIZ006-007-250900- Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Washington RI- Newport RI- 356 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST 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. Flash Flood Watch. Coastal Flood Advisory. High Wind Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. MAZ018-019-RIZ005-250900- Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Bristol RI- 356 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern 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. Flash Flood Watch. High Wind Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. MAZ023-024-250900- Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- 356 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern Massachusetts. .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. High Wind Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. RIZ008-250900- Block Island RI- 356 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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. Coastal Flood Advisory. High Wind Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. ANZ250-254>256-250900- 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- 356 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .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. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. ANZ231>235-237-251-250900- Cape Cod Bay-Nantucket Sound-Vineyard Sound-Buzzards Bay- Rhode Island Sound-Block Island Sound- Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay- 356 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .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. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. ANZ236-250900- Narragansett Bay- 356 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Rhode Island coastal waters. .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. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. ANZ230-250900- Boston Harbor- 356 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters. .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. Gale Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. 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 24, 4:02 PM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
402 PM EST THU JAN 24 2019
MAZ013-016>021-RIZ007-242145-
Eastern Plymouth MA-Northern Bristol MA-Southern Bristol MA-
Western Norfolk MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-
Western Plymouth MA-Newport RI-
402 PM EST THU JAN 24 2019
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...
At 400 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong convection along a
line extending from Weymouth to 9 miles northeast of Block Island.
Movement was northeast at 40 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will accompany these storms. This line will
increase rainfall rates and wind gusts.
Locations impacted include...
New Bedford, Brockton, Quincy, Fall River, Plymouth, Taunton,
Weymouth, Braintree, Dartmouth, Bridgewater, Marshfield, Newport,
Marion, Middleborough, Easton, Hingham, Wareham, Somerset, Scituate
and Pembroke.
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.
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LAT...LON 4144 7133 4226 7096 4232 7089 4227 7080
4227 7076 4221 7070 4218 7071 4201 7058
4198 7063 4196 7058 4165 7071 4144 7120
4149 7122 4146 7123 4147 7128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 218DEG 77KT 4222 7097 4126 7142
BWLocal storm report, Jan 24, 5:55 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 9:07 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 46 hr | |
| Jan 25, 12:34 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 54 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 4 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 36 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:27 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:32 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Norfolk | 2 hr |
| Jan 25, 7:09 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 111 min |
| Jan 25, 12:08 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 7 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:01 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 19 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:13 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 59 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:26 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Washington | 58 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 36 hr |
| Jan 25, 7:15 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | 4 hr | |
| Jan 25, 11:02 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | 118 min | |
| Jan 25, 12:57 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | 2 hr | |
| Jan 25, 2:18 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 21 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.