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Fire Weather Watch 7, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 3, 20078 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this fire weather watch at May 3, 2007, 4:38 AM EDT for 8 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at May 3, 2007, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2007, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
In effect from: May 3, 2007, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 3, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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 fire weather 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 fire weather watch went out at May 3, 4:10 AM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 4:10 AM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 5:05 AM EDT, 23 hours 33 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
May 3, 4:28 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth	15 hr
May 3, 4:49 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOX	Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 6 more	26 hr
May 3, 4:38 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX		15 hr

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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.