Alert archive / Massachusetts / Excessive Heat Warnings in 2006

Excessive Heat Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 31, 200611 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 31, 2006, 4:17 PM EDT for 11 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Aug 1, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 40 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2006, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 1, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 3, 2006, 4:25 AM EDT
In force
40 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 4:17 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryBOXDukes, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire52 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Massachusetts, 2006Excessive Heat Warnings in Rhode Island, 2006Excessive Heat Warnings in Connecticut, 2006Every excessive heat warning in 2006

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.