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Gale Watch 23, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 28, 2008

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Dec 28, 2008, 3:13 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 30, 2008, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2008, 3:13 PM EST (20:13 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 30, 2008, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 29, 2008, 4:06 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Dec 28, 2:38 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 2:38 PM EST, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 12:16 PM EST, 2 hours 57 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
Dec 28, 2:06 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Dukes, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket and 1 more	8 hr
Dec 28, 9:47 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more	8 hr
Dec 28, 11:53 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	3 hr

Nearby

Gale Watches in Massachusetts, 2008 Every gale watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.