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High Surf Advisory 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 9, 2008Bristol County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high surf advisory at Jul 9, 2008, 3:35 AM EDT for Bristol County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Jul 9, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2008, 3:35 AM EDT (07:35 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 9, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 10, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 16 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 07:33 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 Jul 9, 3:21 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 3:21 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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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.