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High Surf Advisory 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 31, 2008Bristol County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high surf advisory at May 31, 2008, 5:19 AM EDT for Bristol County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at May 31, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2008, 5:19 AM EDT (09:19 UTC)
In effect from: May 31, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 1, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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 high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at May 31, 5:05 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 5:05 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:58 AM EDT, 21 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
May 31, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	53 min
May 31, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	40 min
May 31, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	55 min
May 31, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin	19 min
May 31, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden	32 min
May 31, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Worcester	40 min

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Massachusetts, 2008 High Surf Advisories in Rhode Island, 2008 Every high surf advisory 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.