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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2020, 12:39 AM EDT for Middlesex County, Massachusetts. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2020, 12:39 AM EDT (04:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2020, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Middlesex County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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 Jun 28, 7:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 7:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 424 PM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>021-026-RIZ001>008-292030- 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-Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI- Washington RI-Newport RI-Block Island RI- 424 PM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 312 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts, eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern Massachusetts, western Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .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. MAZ022>024-292030- Barnstable MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA- 424 PM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern Massachusetts. .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. ANZ231>235-250-251-254>256-292030- Cape Cod Bay-Nantucket Sound-Vineyard Sound-Buzzards Bay- Rhode 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- 424 PM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters 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. ANZ230-236-237-292030- Boston Harbor-Narragansett Bay-Block Island Sound- 424 PM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 312 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts coastal waters and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .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
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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:01 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 12:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 12:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 66 min | |
| Jun 29, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 33 min | |
| Jun 29, 1:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 2:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 4:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 35 min | |
| Jun 29, 4:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Dukes | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 7:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 58 min | |
| Jun 29, 7:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 7:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 24 min | |
| Jun 29, 8:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 8:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 62 min | |
| Jun 29, 9:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 60 min | |
| Jun 29, 9:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 39 min | |
| Jun 29, 9:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Nantucket | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 9:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Nantucket | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 9:37 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 53 min | |
| Jun 29, 9:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 47 min | |
| Jun 29, 11:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 34 min | |
| Jun 29, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 64 min | |
| Jun 29, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Dukes | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 32 min | |
| Jun 29, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 58 min | |
| Jun 29, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 11:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Washington | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 40 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.