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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

November 13, 2021Barnstable County, Dukes County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 13, 2021, 5:45 PM EST for Barnstable County, Dukes County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 60 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
Nov 13, 2021, 5:45 PM EST (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 13, 2021, 6:45 PM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Plymouth County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

316 
WUUS51 KBOX 132245
SVRBOX
MAC001-007-023-132345-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0128.211113T2245Z-211113T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
545 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Dukes County in southeastern Massachusetts...
  Southwestern Barnstable County in southeastern Massachusetts...
  Southeastern Plymouth County in southeastern Massachusetts...

* Until 645 PM EST.

* At 545 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Aquinnah,
  moving northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Plymouth, Barnstable, Falmouth, Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, Tisbury,
  Aquinnah, Yarmouth, Sandwich, Bourne, Mashpee, West Tisbury,
  Chilmark, Gosnold and Hyannis.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4130 7078 4134 7082 4151 7067 4142 7091
      4154 7065 4168 7062 4168 7066 4182 7055
      4176 7047 4166 7017 4165 7026 4161 7026
      4164 7035 4161 7043 4162 7043 4156 7048
      4153 7065 4140 7052 4135 7057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 216DEG 43KT 4134 7078 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Smith
2 follow-up statements
451 
WWUS51 KBOX 132316
SVSBOX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
616 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

MAC007-132326-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-211113T2345Z/
Dukes MA-
616 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DUKES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4154 7065 4168 7062 4168 7066 4182 7055
      4176 7047 4166 7017 4165 7026 4161 7026
      4164 7035 4161 7043 4162 7043 4156 7048
      4153 7065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 270DEG 43KT 4163 7047 

$$

MAC001-023-132345-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-211113T2345Z/
Barnstable MA-Plymouth MA-
616 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARNSTABLE AND SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTIES...

At 616 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mashpee, or
near Barnstable, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Plymouth, Barnstable, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Sandwich, Bourne, Mashpee
and Hyannis.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4154 7065 4168 7062 4168 7066 4182 7055
      4176 7047 4166 7017 4165 7026 4161 7026
      4164 7035 4161 7043 4162 7043 4156 7048
      4153 7065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 270DEG 43KT 4163 7047 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Smith
796 
WWUS51 KBOX 132336
SVSBOX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
636 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

MAC001-023-132346-
/O.EXP.KBOX.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-211113T2345Z/
Barnstable MA-Plymouth MA-
636 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARNSTABLE AND
SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4154 7065 4168 7062 4168 7066 4182 7055
      4176 7047 4166 7017 4165 7026 4161 7026
      4164 7035 4161 7043 4162 7043 4156 7048
      4153 7065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 216DEG 43KT 4181 7030 

$$

Smith

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 9:39 PM ESTGale WarningBOX29 hr
Nov 13, 4:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden15 min
Nov 13, 4:45 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBOX60 min
Nov 13, 5:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXWorcester26 min
Nov 13, 5:08 PM ESTTornado WarningBOXBristol24 min
Nov 13, 5:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Plymouth44 min
Nov 13, 5:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester7 min
Nov 13, 5:21 PM ESTTornado WarningBOXBristol, Norfolk24 min
Nov 13, 5:22 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBOX53 min
Nov 13, 5:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester32 min
Nov 13, 5:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol, Plymouth45 min
Nov 13, 5:47 PM ESTTornado WarningBOXDukes28 min
Nov 13, 5:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk25 min
Nov 13, 6:02 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBOX58 min
Nov 13, 6:07 PM ESTTornado WarningBOXBarnstable, Dukes23 min
Nov 13, 6:13 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBOX92 min
Nov 13, 6:27 PM ESTTornado WarningBOXBarnstable15 min
Nov 13, 6:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBarnstable41 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.