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Heat Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 2, 200612 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this heat advisory at Aug 2, 2006, 5:25 AM EDT for 12 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Aug 2, 2006, 10:52 PM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 2, 2006, 5:25 AM EDT (09:25 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 2, 2006, 10:52 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 3, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes 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), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 2, 5:10 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 5:10 AM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 10:41 PM EDT, 6 hours 44 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
Aug 1, 10:04 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Watch	BOX	Bristol, Hampden, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester	7 hr
Aug 2, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	26 min
Aug 2, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	52 min
Aug 2, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	63 min
Aug 2, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		65 min
Aug 2, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	57 min
Aug 2, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		113 min
Aug 2, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		85 min
Aug 2, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	37 min
Aug 2, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Barnstable	55 min
Aug 2, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		85 min
Aug 2, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Dukes	33 min
Aug 2, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Providence	50 min
Aug 2, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Bristol, Kent, Providence	33 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Massachusetts, 2006 Heat Advisories in Rhode Island, 2006 Heat Advisories in Connecticut, 2006 Every heat advisory 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.