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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2019, 1:51 PM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 30, 2019, 1:51 PM EDT (17:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2019, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Worcester County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
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NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 30, 10:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 10:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 328 AM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-010730- 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- 328 AM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, all of Massachusetts east of Berkshire County, and Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered strong thunderstorms, some of which may become severe, are expected from mid morning through this afternoon. Large hail will be the primary threat, with strong to locally damaging wind gusts a secondary concern. Heavy rainfall may result in localized street flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-010730- 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- 328 AM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected from late this morning through the afternoon. Large hail and locally strong wind gusts are the main concerns. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. For the latest updates...please visit our webpage at www.weather.gov/boston You can follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/us.nationalweatherservice.boston.gov You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 151 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019 MAZ003-004-010>012-301830- Southern Worcester MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Northern Worcester MA- Eastern Franklin MA-Eastern Hampshire MA- 151 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HEADING SOUTHEAST... At 149 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Ware, or 11 miles east of Amherst, moving southeast at 25 mph. Penny size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will accompany this storm. Dime size hail was reported in Amherst with this storm. Locations impacted include... Belchertown, Charlton, Palmer, Spencer, Ware, Sturbridge, Monson, Warren, North Brookfield, West Brookfield, Brimfield, Brookfield, Hardwick, Holland, East Brookfield, Wales, Petersham, New Braintree and New Salem. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Get indoors when this storm approaches. Winds may be strong enough to produce minor damage, such as a few downed branches. && LAT...LON 4229 7245 4240 7223 4219 7196 4205 7224 TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 327DEG 20KT 4230 7230 Field
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 12:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 42 min | |
| Jun 30, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 11 min |
| Jun 30, 12:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 12:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 46 min | |
| Jun 30, 12:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 64 min | |
| Jun 30, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 40 min |
| Jun 30, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 53 min |
| Jun 30, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 66 min | |
| Jun 30, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 91 min | |
| Jun 30, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 27 min | |
| Jun 30, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 45 min | |
| Jun 30, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 54 min |
| Jun 30, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 38 min | |
| Jun 30, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 67 min | |
| Jun 30, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 92 min | |
| Jun 30, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Plymouth | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 59 min | |
| Jun 30, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Dukes | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Dukes, Nantucket | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 54 min | |
| Jun 30, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 57 min | |
| Jun 30, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.