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Flood Watch 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 8, 200610 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flood watch at Jun 8, 2006, 3:40 PM EDT for 10 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island. It took effect at Jun 9, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2006, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 9, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2006, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity: None

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket 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), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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 flood 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 flood watch went out at Jun 7, 6:30 PM EDT, 21 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 6:30 PM EDT, 21 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 4:57 PM EDT, 22 hours 43 minutes before

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Nearby

Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2006 Flood Watches in Rhode Island, 2006 Every flood watch 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.