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Freeze Warning 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

October 19, 20094 counties in Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this freeze warning at Oct 19, 2009, 11:42 PM EDT for 4 counties in Massachusetts; Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 7 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: Oct 19, 2009, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired: Oct 20, 2009, 7:00 AM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Oct 19, 6:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 6:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

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Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Massachusetts, 2009 Freeze Warnings in Rhode Island, 2009 Every freeze warning in 2009

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.