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Special Marine Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 13, 2020

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special marine warning at Mar 13, 2020, 5:39 PM EDT. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2020, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2020, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
40.0 mph

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at Mar 13, 4:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 4:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 4:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 12:06 PM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
1206 PM EDT Fri Mar 13 2020

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-132030-
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
1206 PM EDT Fri Mar 13 2020

...BRIEF WESTERLY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS EXPECTED LATER
TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT...

A cold front will cross the region this afternoon into early this
evening. Along and immediately behind the cold front, a brief
period of westerly wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph are expected. The
cold front looks to move across western Massachusetts and northern
Connecticut around 2 or 3 PM, across most of eastern
Massachusetts and Rhode Island by 4 or 5 PM, and lastly the Cape
and Islands around 6 or 7 PM.

The cold front may be accompanied by a brief line of showers. The
main thing will be brief westerly wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph,
which may result in a few downed tree limbs and perhaps isolated
power outages.

Frank
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 3:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
310 PM EDT Fri Mar 13 2020

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>005-008>012-026-132030-
Windham CT-Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Western Franklin MA-
Southern Worcester MA-Western Hampshire MA-
Central Middlesex County MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Eastern Franklin MA-
Northwest Middlesex County MA-Western Hampden MA-
Northern Worcester MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-
310 PM EDT Fri Mar 13 2020

...LINE OF SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS...

At 305 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers with
strong winds and brief heavy rainfall. The line extended from near
Colrain to Becket, and southwest to near Great Barrington. Movement
was southeast at 30 mph.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will accompany these storms. This may
result in some downed tree limbs. In addition, brief heavy rainfall
will cause a sharp reduction in visibility.

This line is expected to reach the I-91 corridor by 4 pm, and
a line from Fitchburg to Worcester, to Willimantic by 5 pm.

Locations impacted include...
Worcester, Springfield, Hartford, West Hartford, Bristol, Manchester,
Chicopee, East Hartford, Enfield, Westfield, Leominster, Fitchburg,
Holyoke, Amherst, Shrewsbury, Vernon, Windsor, Northampton, Agawam
and West Springfield.

LAT...LON 4215 7307 4215 7303 4231 7300 4233 7306
      4238 7307 4239 7301 4262 7296 4274 7285
      4270 7149 4191 7182 4170 7285 4174 7301
      4180 7302 4181 7295 4188 7295 4197 7289
      4197 7303 4204 7301 4204 7306 4211 7307
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 294DEG 27KT 4283 7269 4236 7311 4200 7386

NMB
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 4:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
407 PM EDT Fri Mar 13 2020

MAZ004>006-010>012-026-132030-
Northwest Middlesex County MA-Southern Worcester MA-
Central Middlesex County MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Western Essex MA-
Northern Worcester MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-
407 PM EDT Fri Mar 13 2020

...LINE OF SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS...

At 406 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers with
strong winds and brief heavy rainfall. The line extended from Ashby
to Barre to Ludlow. Movement was east at 45 mph.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will accompany these storms. This may
result in some downed tree limbs. In addition, brief heavy rainfall
will cause a sharp reduction in visibility.

Locations impacted include...
Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen,
Leominster, Fitchburg, Billerica, Marlborough, Shrewsbury,
Chelmsford, Andover, Dracut, Tewksbury, North Andover, Westford,
Acton, Ludlow and Gardner.

LAT...LON 4275 7105 4236 7147 4203 7193 4212 7257
      4240 7218 4271 7186 4270 7129 4275 7123
      4274 7119 4275 7118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 274DEG 39KT 4268 7183 4240 7213 4217 7245

BL
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 4:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 4:55 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXFranklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester80 min
Mar 13, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXMiddlesex, Worcester23 min
Mar 13, 4:11 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX42 hr
Mar 13, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXMiddlesex, Worcester32 min
Mar 13, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXEssex, Norfolk50 min
Mar 13, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX39 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Massachusetts, 2020Every special marine warning in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.