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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2019, 3:00 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 30 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 3, 2019, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2019, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Franklin County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1170 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 3, 2:11 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:11 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 1104 AM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>016-026-041515- 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 Middlesex MA- 1104 AM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts, eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts and western Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon into early this evening. There is the potential for a couple of strong or severe thunderstorms, with localized strong wind gusts being the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ230>232-234>237-250-251-254>256-041515- Boston Harbor-Cape Cod Bay-Nantucket 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- 1104 AM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ233-MAZ017>024-RIZ001>008-041515- Vineyard Sound-Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA- Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Northwest Providence RI- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI- Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 1104 AM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern Massachusetts, Massachusetts coastal waters, and Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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/us.nationalweatherservice.boston.gov You can follow us on Twitter at @NWSBoston
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:35 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 250 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019 MAZ003-004-031915- Northern Worcester MA-Eastern Franklin MA- 250 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM... At 248 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a severe thunderstorm over Richmond, or 10 miles north of Orange, moving east at 15 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph may extend south of the New Hampshire border into northern Massachusetts. Locations impacted include... Winchendon, Fitzwilliam, Royalston and Warwick. 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 4272 7207 4265 7205 4269 7237 4272 7235 TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 281DEG 13KT 4275 7225 Belk
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 300 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019 MAZ003-004-010-031930- Northern Worcester MA-Eastern Franklin MA-Eastern Hampshire MA- 300 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM... At 300 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Amherst, moving east at 25 mph. Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will accompany this storm. Locations impacted include... Amherst, South Hadley, Belchertown, Athol, Ware, Granby, Barre, Hadley, Sunderland, Hatfield, Hardwick, Leverett, Shutesbury, Whately, Pelham, Petersham, New Braintree, New Salem and Wendell. This storm may intensify and become capable of producing damage. Stay tuned for updated statements and possible warnings. LAT...LON 4227 7255 4244 7261 4257 7219 4231 7209 TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 255DEG 20KT 4238 7249 Belk
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 4:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Cheshire | 25 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019
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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.