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Gale Watch 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

October 24, 2008

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Oct 24, 2008, 4:37 AM EDT. It took effect at Oct 25, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 24, 2008, 4:37 AM EDT (08:37 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 25, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 25, 2008, 4:46 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 24, 4:20 AM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 4:20 AM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 4:19 AM EDT, 18 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 23, 10:02 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		17 hr
Oct 24, 4:09 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		28 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.