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Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 12, 20085 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this fire weather watch at May 12, 2008, 4:12 PM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at May 13, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2008, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
In effect from
May 13, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 13, 2008, 11:16 AM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 3:46 AM EDTWind AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth32 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.