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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2020, 4:37 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 38 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
- Jul 2, 2020, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2020, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Franklin County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 Jul 2, 2:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 4:22 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 422 PM EDT Thu Jul 2 2020 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-RIZ001>008-032030- 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- 422 PM EDT Thu Jul 2 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...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-032030- 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- 422 PM EDT Thu Jul 2 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...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
Local storm report, Jul 2, 12:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1226 PM EDT THU JUL 02 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0227 PM LIGHTNING BELLINGHAM 42.09N 71.47W
07/01/2020 NORFOLK MA BROADCAST MEDIA
*** 1 INJ *** A 23 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS INJURED BY A
LIGHTNING STRIKE VERY NEAR HER HOUSE, WHILE SHE WAS
TURNING ON A LAMP ON AN ENCLOSED PORCH ON DEPOT STREET
IN BELLINGHAM. SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED BY A LOCAL
HOSPITAL.
&&
EVENT NUMBER BOX2001635
FIELDSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 4:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 437 PM EDT Thu Jul 2 2020 MAZ003-004-022115- Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA- 437 PM EDT Thu Jul 2 2020 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM... At 436 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Royalston, or 7 miles northeast of Orange, moving south at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will accompany this storm. Locations impacted include... Orange, Athol, Winchendon, Templeton, Phillipston, Royalston, Petersham 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 7213 4261 7205 4250 7223 4272 7239 TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 347DEG 13KT 4270 7222 Frank
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:19 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 41 hr | |
| Jul 2, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 6:28 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.