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Frost Advisory 10, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

November 6, 2009Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Bristol County, Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this frost advisory at Nov 6, 2009, 4:02 PM EST for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts; Bristol County, Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Nov 7, 2009, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 6, 2009, 4:02 PM EST (21:02 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 7, 2009, 2:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 7, 2009, 7:00 AM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

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

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 frost 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 frost advisory went out at Nov 6, 3:49 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 3:49 PM EST, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 6, 4:22 AM EST, 11 hours 40 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
Nov 6, 3:05 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		12 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Rhode Island, 2009 Frost Advisories in Massachusetts, 2009 Every frost advisory 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.