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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2020, 8:29 AM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 46 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 28, 2020, 8:29 AM EDT (12:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2020, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
County Franklin County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 693 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 28, 6:54 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 6:54 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 456 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2020 CTZ002>004-MAZ004>007-010>022-026-RIZ001>007-290900- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Northern Worcester MA- Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex 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-Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI- Southeast Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI- Washington RI-Newport RI- 456 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2020 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, all of Massachusetts except for the east slopes of the Berkshires and the islands, and all of Rhode Island except Block 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. Heat Advisory. A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible today, mainly between 2 to 10 PM EDT. The main threats are damaging winds and downpours, with a lower risk for hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. MAZ002-003-008-009-023-024-RIZ008-290900- Western Franklin MA-Eastern Franklin MA-Western Hampshire MA- Western Hampden MA-Dukes MA-Nantucket MA-Block Island RI- 456 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern Massachusetts, western Massachusetts and southern Rhode Island. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible today, mainly between 2 to 10 PM EDT. The main threats are damaging winds and downpours, with a lower risk for hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-290900- 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- 456 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible today, mainly between 2 to 10 PM EDT. The main threats are damaging winds and downpours, with a lower risk for hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. 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, Jul 28, 8:29 AM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 10:25 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 9 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 47 min | |
| Jul 28, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 54 min | |
| Jul 28, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 35 min | |
| Jul 28, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 67 min | |
| Jul 28, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 5:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 66 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.