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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Dec 25, 2020, 7:39 AM EST for 5 counties in Rhode Island. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2020, 7:39 AM EST (12:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2020, 8:30 AM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
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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 Dec 25, 6:44 AM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 6:44 AM EST, 55 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 421 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 MAZ002>004-008>011-026-260930- Western Franklin MA-Eastern Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA- Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA-Eastern Hampshire MA- Eastern Hampden MA-Northern Middlesex MA- 421 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Massachusetts, eastern Massachusetts and western 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. Flood Watch. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. CTZ002>004-MAZ005-012-260930- Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Central Middlesex MA- Southern Worcester MA- 421 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Connecticut, central Massachusetts and eastern 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. High Wind Warning. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ006-260930- Western Essex MA- 421 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeastern 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. High Wind Warning. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ007-013>019-022>024-RIZ001-003-008-260930- Eastern Essex MA-Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA- Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA- Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Dukes MA- Nantucket MA-Northwest Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Block Island RI- 421 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern Massachusetts, northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern 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. High Wind Warning. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MAZ020-021-RIZ002-004>007-260930- Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Southeast Providence RI- Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI- 421 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeastern 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. High Wind Warning. Flood Watch. Coastal Flood Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ230-235>237-256-260930- Boston Harbor-Rhode Island Sound-Narragansett Bay-Block Island Sound- Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 nm South of Block Island- 421 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... 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. Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ231>234-250-251-254-255-260930- Cape Cod Bay-Nantucket Sound-Vineyard Sound-Buzzards Bay- 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- 421 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... 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. Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. 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, Dec 25, 6:15 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
713 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0105 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG PLYMOUTH 41.96N 70.68W
12/25/2020 PLYMOUTH MA AMATEUR RADIO
TREE DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD ON BLACK CAT ROAD
0218 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG PLYMOUTH 41.96N 70.68W
12/25/2020 PLYMOUTH MA AMATEUR RADIO
TREE DOWN ACROSS BLACK CAT ROAD.
0323 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG SOMERSET 41.74N 71.16W
12/25/2020 BRISTOL MA AMATEUR RADIO
TREE DOWN ON COUNTY STREET (RTE 138) IN FRONT OF
MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE.
0333 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG DUDLEY 42.05N 71.93W
12/25/2020 WORCESTER MA AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE TREE BRANCH DOWN IN ONE LANE ON DRESSER HILL
ROAD.
0415 AM NON-TSTM WND GST WALPOLE 42.14N 71.24W
12/25/2020 M65 MPH NORFOLK MA AMATEUR RADIO
0441 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG MONSON 42.10N 72.31W
12/25/2020 HAMPDEN MA AMATEUR RADIO
TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON BRIMFIELD ROAD
0441 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG BURLINGTON 41.77N 72.97W
12/25/2020 HARTFORD CT AMATEUR RADIO
TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON SCOVILLE ROAD.
0448 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG PEPPERELL 42.67N 71.59W
12/25/2020 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO
TREE DOWN ON ROUTE 119 AT SHIRLEY STREET
0523 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG MILTON 42.24N 71.08W
12/25/2020 NORFOLK MA AMATEUR RADIO
TREE DOWN AND MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THEE ROAD ON
NEPONSET VALLEY PARKWAY NEAR BRUSH HILL ROAD.
0523 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG SOMERS 41.98N 72.45W
12/25/2020 TOLLAND CT AMATEUR RADIO
TREE DOWN ON WIRES ON MEADOW BROOK ROAD
0530 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG UPTON 42.17N 71.61W
12/25/2020 WORCESTER MA AMATEUR RADIO
TREE DOWN ON GLENVIEW STREET.
0537 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG LUNENBURG 42.59N 71.73W
12/25/2020 WORCESTER MA AMATEUR RADIO
MEDIUM SIZED TREE DOWN ON WEST STREET AT CLIFTON ROAD.
0540 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG TYNGSBORO 42.68N 71.42W
12/25/2020 MIDDLESEX MA AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING ISLAND ROAD
0551 AM NON-TSTM WND GST BRADLEY AP 41.94N 72.68W
12/25/2020 M62 MPH HARTFORD CT ASOS
0617 AM NON-TSTM WND GST HULL 42.31N 70.89W
12/25/2020 M63 MPH PLYMOUTH MA MESONET
0700 AM NON-TSTM WND GST DUXBURY 42.04N 70.67W
12/25/2020 M65 MPH PLYMOUTH MA MESONET
&&
EVENT NUMBER BOX2003695 BOX2003683 BOX2003684 BOX2003685 BOX2003697
BOX2003687 BOX2003688 BOX2003689 BOX2003690 BOX2003691 BOX2003692
BOX2003693 BOX2003694 BOX2003696 BOX2003698 BOX2003699
RM/GFSpecial weather statement, Dec 25, 7:39 AM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
739 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020
CTZ004-MAZ005-012>014-017-020-RIZ001>008-251330-
Windham CT-Southern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex County MA-
Southeast Middlesex MA-Western Norfolk MA-Southern Bristol MA-
Northern Bristol MA-Block Island RI-Eastern Kent RI-Newport RI-
Northwest Providence RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Western Kent RI-
Southeast Providence RI-
739 AM EST Fri Dec 25 2020
...A NARROW SQUALL LINE WILL AFFECT RHODE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
At 735 AM EST, radar indicated a narrow squall line from
Burrillville Rhode Island to Westerly Rhode Island moving northeast
at 35 mph.
Torrential rain and wind gusts of 55 to 65 mph can be expected with
this line. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Locations impacted include...
Providence, Newton, Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, Framingham,
Waltham, East Providence, Woonsocket, Coventry, Cumberland, Natick,
North Providence, Franklin, Lexington, South Kingstown, West Warwick,
Needham, Johnston and North Attleborough.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Get indoors when these storms approach. Winds may be strong enough
to down trees and power lines.
&&
LAT...LON 4135 7164 4132 7180 4210 7181 4247 7122
4171 7123 4158 7133 4179 7137 4179 7138
4165 7136 4169 7145 4154 7143 4160 7124
4148 7124 4152 7136 4149 7133 4115 7155
4115 7160
TIME...MOT...LOC 1233Z 228DEG 26KT 4206 7176 4092 7176
FieldThe office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 8:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 56 min |
| Dec 25, 8:34 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Worcester | 10 hr |
| Dec 25, 8:49 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 9:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Plymouth | 62 min |
| Dec 25, 10:02 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 5 hr | |
| Dec 25, 10:03 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 95 min |
| Dec 25, 11:36 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 49 hr | |
| Dec 25, 11:38 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 80 min |
| Dec 25, 11:40 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 17 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 47 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 16 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:58 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 4 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:37 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Suffolk | 4 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 4 hr |
| Dec 25, 6:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent, Providence, Washington | 52 min |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 23 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Washington | 40 hr |
| Dec 25, 8:52 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 8 hr |
| Dec 25, 11:24 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 21 days |
Nearby
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Sources
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