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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 8, 2021Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2021, 1:34 PM EDT for Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 41 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 8, 2021, 1:34 PM EDT (17:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2021, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 289 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1170 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

536 
WUUS51 KBOX 081734
SVRBOX
MAC013-015-081815-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0011.210608T1734Z-210608T1815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
134 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Hampshire County in western Massachusetts...
  Central Hampden County in western Massachusetts...

* Until 215 PM EDT.

* At 133 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Westfield,
  moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. Minor hail 
           damage to vehicles is possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Springfield, Chicopee, Westfield, Holyoke, West Springfield,
  Ludlow, South Hadley, Granby and Southampton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4211 7275 4219 7277 4225 7254 4209 7247
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 261DEG 6KT 4216 7272 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KJC
1 follow-up statement
711 
WWUS51 KBOX 081804
SVSBOX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
204 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

MAC013-015-081815-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210608T1815Z/
Hampshire MA-Hampden MA-
204 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTIES...

At 203 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over West 
Springfield, moving east at 5 mph. 46 kt wind gust was reported at 
Westfield Airport. 

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. Minor hail 
         damage to vehicles is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Chicopee, Westfield, Holyoke, West Springfield, Ludlow,
South Hadley, Granby and Southampton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4211 7275 4219 7277 4225 7254 4209 7247
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 261DEG 6KT 4217 7265 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Chai

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampshire40 min
Jun 8, 12:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchBOXFranklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester8 hr
Jun 8, 1:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXHampshire55 min
Jun 8, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampden47 min
Jun 8, 1:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXHampden, Hampshire67 min
Jun 8, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampshire50 min
Jun 8, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden43 min
Jun 8, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXWorcester51 min
Jun 8, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXEssex48 min
Jun 8, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX43 min
Jun 8, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampshire38 min
Jun 8, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXEssex48 min
Jun 8, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampshire39 min
Jun 8, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX53 min
Jun 8, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXNorfolk43 min
Jun 8, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampshire41 min
Jun 8, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXEssex47 min
Jun 8, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX52 min
Jun 8, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester58 min
Jun 8, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX42 min
Jun 8, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk35 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.