Alert archive / Massachusetts / Heavy Snow Warnings in 2006

Heavy Snow Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 25, 2006Essex County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this heavy snow warning at Feb 25, 2006, 4:30 AM EST for Essex County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 25, 2006, 8:18 AM EST. It was in force for 7 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: Feb 25, 2006, 4:30 AM EST (09:30 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 25, 2006, 8:18 AM EST
Expired: Feb 25, 2006, 3:25 PM EST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Essex County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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 heavy snow warning 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 heavy snow warning went out at Feb 25, 4:28 AM EST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 4:28 AM EST, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 3:53 PM EST, 12 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
353 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2006

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-251200-
BARNSTABLE MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI-BRISTOL RI-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
CHESHIRE NH-DUKES MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
EASTERN KENT RI-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-HARTFORD CT-
NANTUCKET MA-NEWPORT RI-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA-TOLLAND CT-
WASHINGTON RI-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN KENT RI-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-WINDHAM CT-
353 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT BERKSHIRE COUNTY...
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THIS
EVENING OVER THE OPEN WATERS...BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
AN ALBERTA CLIPPER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS FAST MOVING STORM MAY
PRODUCE 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF
THE MASSPIKE...WHERE A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED.  LESSER AMOUNTS
ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED GENERALLY SOUTH OF
THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. TEMPERATURES MAY ACTUALLY CLIMB ABOVE
FREEZING FOR A TIME SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS...
BEFORE COLD AIR RUSHES BACK IN LATE AT NIGHT.

IN ADDITION...OCEAN EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE MID
AND OUTER CAPE...AS WELL AS NANTUCKET...LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY SUNDAY AS SURFACE WINDS BECOME NORTHERLY FOR A TIME. SOME
LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

COLD TEMPERATURES...PERHAPS SOME OF THE COLDEST YET THIS SEASON...AND
BRISK WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE LOW WIND CHILLS TO THE REGION
SUNDAY INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEK. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA DURING SUNDAY
NIGHT.

GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES FROM SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS THE OPEN WATERS WITH STRONG COLD ADVECTION. IN
ADDITION...COLD TEMPERATURES MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF HEAVY FREEZING
SPRAY PARTICULARLY ALONG THE WATERS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING SNOW OR SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN TO THE
REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.  ITS WAY TOO EARLY TO GIVE
SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THIS POTENTIAL SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT...BUT PLEASE RELAY ANY
WIND DAMAGE REPORTS THAT OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE DAY. IN ADDITION...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT FOR
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS REACHING OR EXCEEDING 2 INCHES.

FRANK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 25, 1:49 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Nantucket	18 hr

Nearby

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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.