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Gale Watch 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

October 18, 2008

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Oct 18, 2008, 4:06 PM EDT. It took effect at Oct 19, 2008, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 18, 2008, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 19, 2008, 9:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 19, 2008, 4:52 AM EDT
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 Oct 18, 12:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 12:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 18, 5:11 AM EDT, 10 hours 55 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
Oct 18, 4:14 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	BOX	Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	24 hr
Oct 18, 4:28 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		66 hr
Oct 18, 4:06 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		49 hr
Oct 18, 4:06 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		42 hr
Oct 18, 4:16 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk	12 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.