Alert archive / Massachusetts / Gale Watches in 2009
Gale Watch 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Jan 12, 2009, 4:40 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 14, 2009, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2009, 4:40 PM EST (21:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2009, 5:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2009, 3:46 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Jan 12, 4:36 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 4:36 PM EST, 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 3:48 PM EST, 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 348 PM EST MON JAN 12 2009 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>007-132100- 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- 348 PM EST MON JAN 12 2009 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY BRING BRIEF SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND HEAVIER SQUALLS TO THE REGION LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WHICH WILL INITIALLY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN. SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY IN THE INTERIOR. MEANWHILE...ALONG THE COAST WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE ABOVE FREEZING IN THE EVENING...MAY SEE A FLASH FREEZE AS TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALL BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...A BRIEF MARGINAL WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTION OF THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THIS MIGHT BE WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING A LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON THURSDAY. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT WE MAY MAY EVENTUALLY NEED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FINALLY...AN ARCTIC OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER BEHIND THE STORM SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 BELOW ZERO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ233-132100- VINEYARD SOUND- 348 PM EST MON JAN 12 2009 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WATCH. IN ADDITION...LIGHT FREEZING SPRAY MAY AFFECT THE WATERS WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF GALE FORCE NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BEHIND A SECOND ARCTIC COLD FRONT. FREEZING SPRAY IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RIZ008-132100- BLOCK ISLAND RI- 348 PM EST MON JAN 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...LIGHT FREEZING SPRAY MAY AFFECT THE WATERS WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF GALE FORCE NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BEHIND A SECOND ARCTIC COLD FRONT. FREEZING SPRAY IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>232-234>237-250-254-255-132100- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET 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- 348 PM EST MON JAN 12 2009 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WATCH. IN ADDITION...LIGHT FREEZING SPRAY MAY AFFECT THE WATERS WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF GALE FORCE NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BEHIND A SECOND ARCTIC COLD FRONT. FREEZING SPRAY IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 11:13 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 6 hr |
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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.