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Heavy Snow Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 13, 20088 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this heavy snow warning at Jan 13, 2008, 12:00 PM EST for 8 counties in Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jan 14, 2008, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2008, 12:00 PM EST (17:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2008, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 14, 2008, 3:00 PM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, 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), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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 heavy snow warning 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 heavy snow warning went out at Jan 13, 5:21 AM EST, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 5:21 AM EST, 6 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 5:23 AM EST, 6 hours 37 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
Jan 13, 4:46 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Bristol, Hampden, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester	31 hr
Jan 13, 4:54 AM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	7 hr
Jan 13, 12:00 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth	28 hr
Jan 13, 12:04 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	28 hr

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in Massachusetts, 2008 Heavy Snow Warnings in Connecticut, 2008 Every heavy snow warning 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.