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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Apr 9, 2020, 12:01 PM EDT for Bristol County, Kent County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 29 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
- Apr 9, 2020, 12:01 PM EDT (16:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2020, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 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
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 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 Apr 9, 10:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 10:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 421 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020 MAZ007-015-016-019-022-100830- Eastern Essex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Eastern Plymouth MA- Barnstable MA- 421 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts and 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. Coastal Flood Advisory. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Coastal Flood Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ023-024-100830- Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- 421 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EDT 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. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. CTZ002>004-MAZ002>006-008>014-017-018-020-021-026-RIZ001-003-008- 100830- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA- Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA- Western Essex MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA- Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA- Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-Northern Bristol MA- Western Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA- Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI-Western Kent RI- Block Island RI- 421 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts, eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern Massachusetts, western Massachusetts, northern Rhode Island 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. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. RIZ002-004-006-007-100830- Southeast Providence RI-Eastern Kent RI-Washington RI-Newport RI- 421 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Rhode Island 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. Coastal Flood Advisory. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Coastal Flood Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. RIZ005-100830- Bristol RI- 421 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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. Coastal Flood Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Coastal Flood Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ232>235-237-250-254>256-100830- Nantucket Sound-Vineyard Sound-Buzzards Bay-Rhode Island Sound- Block Island Sound- 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- 421 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... 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. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ231-251-100830- Cape Cod Bay-Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay- 421 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 PM EDT FRIDAY... 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. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230-236-100830- Boston Harbor-Narragansett Bay- 421 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. 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, Apr 9, 12:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:10 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 9, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 64 min |
| Apr 9, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 64 min |
| Apr 9, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth | 58 min |
| Apr 9, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 57 min | |
| Apr 9, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 66 min |
| Apr 9, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 2 hr | |
| Apr 9, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 62 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.