NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN Amateur Radio Station - WX1BOX1d ago
Today is the 15th anniversary of the Massachusetts Tornado Outbreak of June 1st, 2011 where a high-end E3 Tornado impacted the area from Westfield to Charlton including the Springfield, Monson area with 3 smaller tornadoes in Western-Central Mass. See: wx1box.org/2026/06/01/s... #mawx #riwx #ctwx

Special Announcement: 15th Ann...
Special Announcement: 15th Anniversary of the June 1st 2011 Massachusetts Tornado Outbreak

NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN Amateur Radio Station - WX1BOX2d ago
Good AM SNE! Monitoring for any final rain gauge, Measured wind gusts 40 MPH or greater, wind damage and any reports of snow mix from the Saturday 5/30/26 storm event. Will post a summary and possibly a FB Photo Album later today. #mawx #riwx #ctwx
NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN Amateur Radio Station - WX1BOX2d ago
Also, understanding this is very late notice as due to today's storm (5/302/6) and Tuesday 5/19/26 severe weather event -we will be holding a SKYWARN Class at the Southeast Mass Amateur Radio Association 54 Donald Street - S Dartmouth MA - Sunday 5/31/26 - 10 AM-12 PM. #mawx #riwx #ctwx
NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN Amateur Radio Station - WX1BOX2d ago
We are continuing to monitor for measured wind gusts 40 MPH and greater, wind damage, rain gauge reports and any wet snow/graupel reports from the Saturday 5/30/26 storm event. MANY THANKS to all those that reported in today! #mawx #riwx #ctwx
NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN Amateur Radio Station - WX1BOX2d ago
Here is a statement from USGS concerning the sonic boom meteor related event in New England from Saturday 5/30/26 around 230 PM. See earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... for info. #mawx #riwx #ctwx

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NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN Amateur Radio Station - WX1BOX2d ago
Numerous reports of a 'large boom' with shaking felt at ground level across interior MA from about Franklin MA north thru North-Central RI. USGS has "not" reported an earthquake. This "might" be a meteor that blew up in midair with light streak observed per social media. Monitoring #mawx #riwx #ctwx
NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN Amateur Radio Station - WX1BOX3d ago
A list of strong wind gusts so far from the Saturday 5/30/26 storm. Strongest wind gusts in Northeast/North-Central Mass will spread south and east later today. #mawx #riwx #ctwx
NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN Amateur Radio Station - WX1BOX3d ago
MEMA Power Outage Map now with over 15K without power in Massachusetts. For those south of the Boston area, relatively calm/tranquil conditions will rapidly become very windy with gusts 40-60 MPH as the low moves through. See Outage Map: mema.mapsonline.net/public.html #mawx #riwx #ctwx

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NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN Amateur Radio Station - WX1BOX3d ago
SKYWARN Self-Activation likely with Amateur Radio Call-Up Nets possible for strong to damaging wind potential in Central/Eastern Mass/Rhode Island, rain gauge reports & perhaps even non-accumulating wet snow in the highest elevations of interior SNE. See wx1box.org/2026/05/29/s... #mawx #riwx #ctwx

Storm Coordination Message #1 ...
Storm Coordination Message #1 – Saturday 5/30/26 Strong to Damaging Wind & Other Hazards Potential

NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN Amateur Radio Station - WX1BOXMay 26
On this Memorial Day weekend, we are grateful to those that made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms. We are also grateful to have had strong words from Congress supporting Amateur Radio from Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. The story & video here: www.arrl.org/news/senator... #mawx #riwx #ctwx

Senator Ted Cruz Praises Amate...
Senator Ted Cruz Praises Amateur Radio Volunteers for Emergency Preparedness

Senator Ted Cruz, in a strong pre-Memorial Day message publicly highlighted the critical role that Amateur Radio Service volunteers play during disasters, praising and thanking ham radio operators who provide essential communications when storms and emergencies knock out power and cellular networks and communities are cut off.