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Small Craft Advisory 206, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 12, 2008

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at Aug 12, 2008, 10:44 AM EDT. It took effect at Aug 12, 2008, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2008, 10:44 AM EDT (14:44 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 12, 2008, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 12, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Aug 12, 10:26 AM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 10:26 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 8:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
852 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2008

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-131300-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-
WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
852 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE
ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ANOTHER ROUND OF NOTABLE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM
THIS AFTERNOON WITH HALF INCH OR SLIGHTLY LARGER HAIL... GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS TO 45 MPH...LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS
THAT MAY PRODUCE A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IN A
COUPLE OF LOCALITIES.

THE RISK OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON BEGINS IN THE
MONADNOCK REGION AND THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY BETWEEN 1 AND 3
PM. STORMS THEN SPREAD OR DEVELOP SOUTHEAST REACHING THE INTERSTATE
95 CORRIDOR FROM BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM...POSSIBLY
REMAINING INTACT ALL THE WAY TO CAPE COD BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM. .

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY INTERIOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ230>237-250-254-255-131300-
BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA OUT
40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS
VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-
852 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS
AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF A GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL BETWEEN 4
PM AND 9 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 12, 6:26 AM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX52 min
Aug 11, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX35 min
Aug 11, 11:45 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBOXEssex69 min
Aug 12, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBarnstable, Plymouth33 min
Aug 12, 2:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX37 min
Aug 12, 3:18 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXBristol, Plymouth3 hr
Aug 12, 4:16 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX29 min
Aug 12, 4:30 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX12 hr
Aug 12, 5:28 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX47 min
Aug 12, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX31 min

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.