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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 4, 20057 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 4, 2005, 3:05 PM EST for 7 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island. It took effect at Dec 6, 2005, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 4, 2005, 3:05 PM EST (20:05 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 6, 2005, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 6, 2005, 3:40 AM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Dec 3, 4:25 PM EST, 22 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 4:25 PM EST, 22 hours 40 minutes before

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Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2005 Winter Storm Watches in Rhode Island, 2005 Every winter storm watch in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.