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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

November 13, 20216 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 13, 2021, 5:55 PM EST for 6 counties in Massachusetts. It was in force for 25 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, 5:55 PM EST (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Nov 13, 2021, 6:20 PM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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, Gray, ME 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2021-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -52 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
1920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

547 
WUUS51 KBOX 132255
SVRBOX
MAC005-009-017-021-023-025-140000-
/O.NEW.KBOX.SV.W.0129.211113T2255Z-211114T0000Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Suffolk County in eastern Massachusetts...
  Northeastern Norfolk County in eastern Massachusetts...
  Southern Essex County in northeastern Massachusetts...
  Southeastern Middlesex County in northeastern Massachusetts...
  Plymouth County in southeastern Massachusetts...
  East central Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts...

* Until 700 PM EST.

* At 555 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line 
  extending from Boston to Duxbury to Rochester, moving east at 50 
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Boston, Cambridge, New Bedford, Brockton, Quincy, Lynn, Fall River,
  Newton, Somerville, Malden, Brookline, Plymouth, Medford, Taunton,
  Weymouth, Revere, Everett, Braintree, Chelsea and Randolph.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4246 7095 4236 7099 4236 7097 4230 7105
      4225 7096 4225 7088 4229 7088 4226 7087
      4226 7080 4202 7062 4202 7068 4201 7060
      4201 7066 4200 7071 4193 7055 4185 7053
      4180 7055 4171 7107 4205 7098 4237 7122
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 264DEG 88KT 4233 7106 4204 7074 4178 7082 

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
196 
WWUS51 KBOX 132314
SVSBOX

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

MAC005-009-017-021-023-025-140000-
/O.CON.KBOX.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-211114T0000Z/
Suffolk MA-Norfolk MA-Essex MA-Middlesex MA-Plymouth MA-Bristol MA-
614 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST
FOR NORTH CENTRAL SUFFOLK...NORTHEASTERN NORFOLK...SOUTHERN ESSEX...
SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX...PLYMOUTH AND EASTERN BRISTOL COUNTIES...

At 613 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 16 miles northeast of Scituate to Provincetown to 7
miles northwest of Dennis, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Boston, Cambridge, Quincy, Lynn, Somerville, Malden, Plymouth,
Medford, Weymouth, Revere, Everett, Braintree, Chelsea, Saugus,
Marshfield, Middleborough, Hingham, Wareham, Scituate and Pembroke.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4246 7095 4236 7099 4236 7097 4231 7104
      4225 7096 4225 7088 4229 7088 4226 7087
      4226 7080 4202 7062 4202 7068 4201 7060
      4201 7066 4200 7071 4193 7055 4185 7053
      4180 7055 4175 7094 4210 7087 4240 7114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 270DEG 88KT 4235 7048 4206 7016 4180 7024 

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

$$

Smith
805 
WWUS51 KBOX 132320
SVSBOX

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

MAC005-009-017-021-023-025-132329-
/O.CAN.KBOX.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-211114T0000Z/
Suffolk MA-Norfolk MA-Essex MA-Middlesex MA-Plymouth MA-Bristol MA-
620 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SUFFOLK...
NORTHEASTERN NORFOLK...SOUTHERN ESSEX...SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX...
PLYMOUTH AND EASTERN BRISTOL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4246 7095 4236 7099 4236 7097 4231 7104
      4225 7096 4225 7088 4229 7088 4226 7087
      4226 7080 4202 7062 4202 7068 4201 7060
      4201 7066 4200 7071 4193 7055 4185 7053
      4180 7055 4175 7094 4210 7087 4240 7114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 264DEG 88KT 4237 7027 4208 6995 4182 7003 

$$

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, 5:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable, Dukes, Plymouth60 min
Nov 13, 5:47 PM ESTTornado WarningBOXDukes28 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.