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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2020, 7:41 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 34 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 13, 2020, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2020, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Middlesex County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jul 13, 6:50 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 6:50 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 424 PM EDT Mon Jul 13 2020 CTZ002-MAZ002-003-008>011-022-142030- Hartford CT-Western Franklin MA-Eastern Franklin MA- Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA-Eastern Hampshire MA- Eastern Hampden MA-Barnstable MA- 424 PM EDT Mon Jul 13 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, southeastern Massachusetts and western Massachusetts. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ023-024-RIZ008-142030- Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Block Island RI- 424 PM EDT Mon Jul 13 2020 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern Massachusetts and southern 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. High Surf Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-142030- 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- 424 PM EDT Mon Jul 13 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...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. CTZ003-004-MAZ004>007-012>021-026-RIZ001>007-142030- Tolland CT-Windham CT-Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA- Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex 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- 424 PM EDT Mon Jul 13 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts, eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern Massachusetts, northern Rhode Island and southern Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. 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, Jul 13, 6:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
601 PM EDT Mon Jul 13 2020
MAZ017-018-020-RIZ002-005-132245-
Southern Bristol MA-Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-
Bristol RI-Southeast Providence RI-
601 PM EDT Mon Jul 13 2020
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM...
At 600 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Rehoboth, or near Pawtucket, moving east at 20 mph.
Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will accompany this
storm, along with occasional cloud to ground lightning and brief
heavy downpours.
Locations impacted include...
Fall River, Pawtucket, Taunton, East Providence, North Attleborough,
Bridgewater, Attleboro, Middleborough, Norton, Somerset, Barrington,
Swansea, Seekonk, Raynham, Rehoboth, Lakeville, Freetown, Dighton and
Berkley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Get indoors when this storm approaches. Winds may be strong enough to
produce minor damage, such as a few downed branches.
These storms may intensify and become capable of producing damage.
Stay tuned for updated statements and possible warnings.
&&
LAT...LON 4175 7113 4177 7111 4179 7112 4177 7112
4175 7114 4177 7136 4195 7135 4199 7091
4174 7095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 271DEG 17KT 4186 7126
LocontoLocal storm report, Jul 13, 6:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 29 min | |
| Jul 13, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 3:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Essex | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 81 min |
| Jul 13, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 47 min | |
| Jul 13, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 50 min | |
| Jul 13, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | 52 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.