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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 6, 2021Barnstable County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Dec 6, 2021, 11:13 PM EST for Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 47 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
Dec 6, 2021, 11:13 PM EST (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Dec 7, 2021, 12:00 AM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Barnstable County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 00:00Z on 2021-12-07Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-12-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
405 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

853 
WWUS81 KBOX 070413
SPSBOX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
1113 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021
 
MAZ019>023-070500-
Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-
Dukes MA-Barnstable MA-
1113 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of north central Dukes,
Barnstable, southeastern Plymouth and southeastern Bristol Counties
through MIDNIGHT EST...

At 1113 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of heavy showers 
and strong wind gusts along a line extending from near Provincetown 
to Dartmouth. Movement was east at 65 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Strong winds could cause minor damage such as downed 
         branches.

Locations impacted include...
New Bedford, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dartmouth, Falmouth, Brewster,
Marion, Provincetown, Yarmouth, Wareham, Sandwich, Bourne, Fairhaven,
Dennis, Mashpee, Harwich, Chatham, Mattapoisett, Orleans and
Wellfleet.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Get indoors when you hear thunder. Do not resume outdoor activities
until at least 30 minutes after the storm has passed.

&&

LAT...LON 4154 7000 4167 7002 4149 7075 4150 7075
      4168 7062 4168 7066 4172 7062 4175 7063
      4150 7104 4191 7055 4182 7054 4181 7053
      4172 7027 4179 7002 4203 7009 4207 7024
      4207 7022 4202 7003
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 266DEG 56KT 4213 7023 4154 7096 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

RM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 9:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampden, Middlesex, Worcester58 min
Dec 6, 9:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXEssex, Middlesex, Norfolk53 min
Dec 6, 10:06 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk54 min
Dec 6, 10:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol, Plymouth48 min
Dec 7, 12:56 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX26 hr

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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.