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River Flood Watch 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 30, 2008Capitol Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood watch at Apr 30, 2008, 4:29 AM EDT for Capitol Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 30, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2008, 4:29 AM EDT (08:29 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 30, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 1, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity: None

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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 river flood 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 river flood watch went out at Apr 30, 4:06 AM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 4:06 AM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 4:10 AM EDT, 19 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
Apr 30, 5:29 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth	9 hr
Apr 30, 2:19 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth	17 hr
Apr 30, 2:19 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	17 hr
Apr 30, 11:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Capitol Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	65 hr
Apr 30, 11:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Capitol Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	4 days

Nearby

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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.