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Flood Watch 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

June 23, 200611 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flood watch at Jun 23, 2006, 5:00 AM EDT for 11 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jun 23, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2006, 5:00 AM EDT (09:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 23, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 25, 2006, 4:37 PM EDT
In force: 51 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity: None

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 09:03 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 23, 4:40 AM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 4:40 AM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:13 PM EDT, 12 hours 47 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 8:02 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		59 days
Jun 23, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk	37 min
Jun 23, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		93 days
Jun 23, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden	39 min
Jun 23, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Suffolk	31 min
Jun 23, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Plymouth	41 min
Jun 23, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		93 days
Jun 23, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Bristol	24 min
Jun 23, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex	49 min
Jun 23, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Worcester	50 min
Jun 23, 4:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	4 hr
Jun 23, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX		23 min
Jun 23, 3:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	4 hr
Jun 23, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX		23 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2006 Flood Watches in Rhode Island, 2006 Flood Watches in Connecticut, 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.