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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 28, 2022Franklin County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2022, 5:04 PM EDT for Franklin County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 56 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: May 28, 2022, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2022, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Franklin County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 May 28, 4:04 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 4:04 PM EDT, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 4:14 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 1:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
124 PM EDT Sat May 28 2022

CTZ002-003-281830-
Hartford CT-Tolland CT-
124 PM EDT Sat May 28 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Tolland
and southern Hartford Counties through 230 PM EDT...

At 123 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Wolcott, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail. Brief heavy
         downpours can also be expected.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Strong winds could cause minor damage such as downed
         branches. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
         Heavy rain may cause ponding of water or minor flooding in
         areas that drain water poorly.

Locations impacted include...
Hartford, New Britain, West Hartford, Bristol, Manchester, East
Hartford, Southington, Glastonbury, Newington, Vernon, Windsor,
Wethersfield, South Windsor, Farmington, Bloomfield, Berlin, Rocky
Hill, Avon, Plainville and Ellington.

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 4192 7253 4168 7235 4163 7250 4165 7253
      4163 7271 4161 7271 4158 7276 4157 7280
      4155 7282 4157 7285 4155 7285 4156 7288
      4156 7295 4163 7293 4164 7294 4164 7299
      4169 7299
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 241DEG 20KT 4161 7294

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Loconto

Special weather statement, May 28, 2:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
222 PM EDT Sat May 28 2022

CTZ002>004-MAZ003-004-010>012-281915-
Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Southern Worcester MA-
Eastern Hampden MA-Northern Worcester MA-Eastern Franklin MA-
Eastern Hampshire MA-
222 PM EDT Sat May 28 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Windham,
Tolland, northeastern Hartford, western Worcester, southeastern
Hampshire, southeastern Franklin and southeastern Hampden Counties
through 315 PM EDT...

At 220 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Pelham, MA to near Manchester, CT.
Movement was northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Heavy downpours can
         also be expected.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Strong winds could cause minor damage such as downed
         branches. Heavy rain may cause ponding of water or minor
         flooding in urbanized areas and areas that drain water
         poorly.

Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Manchester, Chicopee, East Hartford, Enfield, Amherst,
Vernon, Mansfield, South Windsor, Ludlow, Gardner, South Hadley,
Holden, Southbridge, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Ellington, Tolland,
Belchertown and Wilbraham.

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 4258 7188 4185 7195 4174 7263 4240 7253
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 235DEG 22KT 4234 7244 4181 7251

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Loconto

Special weather statement, May 28, 2:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 3:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 5:04 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	58 min
May 28, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	59 min
May 28, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	53 min
May 28, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	56 min
May 28, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	57 min
May 28, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	53 min
May 28, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex	59 min
May 28, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		53 min
May 28, 1:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		66 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.