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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Mar 29, 2020, 7:13 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 47 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
- Mar 29, 2020, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Franklin County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 454 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 Mar 29, 4:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 4:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 4:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 423 PM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-302030- 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- 423 PM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, all of Massachusetts east of Berkshire County, and Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-302030- 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 PM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. For more information on upcoming hazardous weather, please see the Area Forecast Discussion on our webpage for the latest forecast thinking. There is also our Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook at www.weather.gov/box/ehwo 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, Mar 29, 7:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
713 PM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020
MAZ002>004-008>010-300000-
Western Franklin MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA-
Northern Worcester MA-Eastern Franklin MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-
713 PM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020
...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE PIONEER VALLEY...
At 709 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of several
thunderstorms over the Berkshires. The strongest thunderstorm was
located over Worthington, or 14 miles east of Pittsfield. These
storms were moving northeast at 65 mph.
Occasional lightning, brief downpours and wind gusts up to 30 mph
will accompany these storms. Small hail up to pea size is possible
as well.
Locations impacted include...
Amherst, Northampton, Greenfield, Orange, Deerfield, Athol, Montague,
Hadley, Sunderland, Hatfield, Northfield, Williamsburg, Huntington,
Bernardston, Buckland, Conway, Shelburne, Leverett, Erving and
Shutesbury.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Get indoors when this storm approaches. Winds may be strong enough to
produce minor damage, such as a few downed tree branches.
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LAT...LON 4239 7306 4238 7301 4252 7297 4266 7296
4272 7291 4274 7279 4272 7230 4272 7228
4250 7219 4229 7300 4231 7300 4231 7303
4235 7307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 240DEG 55KT 4243 7297
LocontoThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 45 min |
| Mar 29, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 47 min |
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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.