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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 2, 2022Worcester County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2022, 2:22 PM EDT for Worcester County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 38 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: Aug 2, 2022, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2022, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 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-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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 2, 1:31 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 1:31 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 4:08 AM EDT, 10 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:53 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
222 PM EDT Tue Aug 2 2022

MAZ004-021900-
Northern Worcester MA-
222 PM EDT Tue Aug 2 2022

...A developing thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Worcester County through 300 PM EDT...

At 222 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a developing thunderstorm
over Phillipston, or 7 miles east of Orange, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Leominster, Fitchburg, Gardner, Holden, Athol, Winchendon, Templeton,
Rutland, Westminster, Ashburnham, Barre, Hubbardston, Princeton,
Phillipston, Royalston and Petersham.

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 4263 7186 4264 7181 4239 7187 4252 7223
      4264 7218 4265 7186
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 271DEG 19KT 4257 7215

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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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
Aug 2, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	52 min
Aug 2, 2:26 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more	7 days
Aug 2, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	40 min
Aug 2, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk	45 min
Aug 2, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	38 min
Aug 2, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	66 min
Aug 2, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Providence	54 min
Aug 2, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Kent, Providence	50 min
Aug 2, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		42 min
Aug 2, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		65 min
Aug 2, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		62 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.