SKYWARN · Massachusetts · Rhode Island · Connecticut

NWS Norton BOX

21 counties, 4 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.

📺 Wall mode #ma-wx #ri-wx #ct-wx

Nothing active from this office

NWS checked 11:26 PM

Radar

NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour

Deeper look: KBOX interactive ↗ · KBOX at College of DuPage ↗ · KOKX interactive ↗ · KOKX at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.

Satellite

GOES-East · NE sector · GeoColor

NOAA STAR · updates every 5 min · all bands ↗

SPC outlook · day 1

categorical

Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗

Reports taken by this office today

0 · SPC preliminary

No spotter reports logged by BOX so far today (UTC).

Cameras near the office

none listed yet

No cameras listed near Norton yet. Know one?

Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.

SKYWARN & weather nets for this office

Suggest or fix one →

No net is listed for NWS Norton yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.

NOAA Weather Radio in this area

13 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after

162.550 MHz KEC73 · Bourne/Hyanniscovers Barnstable, Bristol (Central/S), Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth (Central/S) · 1000 W · NWS Boston/Norton

162.475 MHz KHB35 · Bostoncovers Bristol (NORTH & CENTRAL), Essex, Middlesex (NOT FAR NW), Norfolk, Plymouth (NORTH & CENTRAL), Suffolk · 1000 W · NWS Boston/Norton

162.550 MHz KHB47 · New Londoncovers Washington · 500 W · NWS New York

162.450 MHz KZZ40 · Deerfieldcovers Essex, Middlesex (N 1/2), Worcester (NORTHEAST) · 300 W · NWS Gray/Portland

162.425 MHz WNG574 · Gloucester Marinecovers Essex · 100 W · NWS Boston/Norton

162.525 MHz WNG575 · Pack Monadnockcovers Essex, Middlesex, Worcester · 300 W · NWS Gray/Portland

162.525 MHz WWF48 · Mt. Greylockcovers Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire · 125 W · NWS Albany

162.500 MHz WWH33 · Cornwallcovers Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, New Haven · 500 W · NWS Albany

162.400 MHz WXJ39 · Providencecovers Bristol · 500 W · NWS Boston/Norton

162.475 MHz WXJ41 · Hartfordcovers Franklin (S), Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester (SW) · 300 W · NWS Boston/Norton

162.400 MHz WXJ42 · Meridencovers Fairfield (EXCEPT SW), Hartford (CENTRAL/S), Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London (WEST), Tolland (SOUTHWEST), Windham (ALL) · 500 W · NWS New York

162.550 MHz WXL93 · Worcestercovers Tolland (Northeast), Windham (Northern 1/2) · 500 W · NWS Boston/Norton

162.425 MHz WXM68 · Leydencovers Berkshire (ALL), Franklin (N), Hampshire (ALL) · 300 W · NWS Albany

What to report, and where

Size charts and the full guide →

🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud

·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving

🧊 Hail

·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground

💨 Wind

·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
·Say whether it was measured or estimated

🌊 Flooding

·Water over a road, especially moving water
·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge

❄️ Winter

·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting

🚫 Not this

·Lightning and thunder on their own
·Rain that isn't causing flooding
·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary

1 · The net, if one is up
When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.
2 · The office directly
No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS Norton. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.
3 · Tell the room here
/report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #ma-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.

Counties served by NWS Norton · 21

CTC003 Hartford

CTC013 Tolland

CTC015 Windham

MAC001 Barnstable

MAC005 Bristol

MAC007 Dukes

MAC009 Essex

MAC011 Franklin

MAC013 Hampden

MAC015 Hampshire

MAC017 Middlesex

MAC019 Nantucket

MAC021 Norfolk

MAC023 Plymouth

MAC025 Suffolk

MAC027 Worcester

RIC001 Bristol

RIC003 Kent

RIC005 Newport

RIC007 Providence

RIC009 Washington