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High Surf Advisory 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

September 11, 2009Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high surf advisory at Sep 11, 2009, 4:24 PM EDT for Barnstable County, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Sep 12, 2009, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 11, 2009, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 12, 2009, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 12, 2009, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Nantucket County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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 high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Sep 11, 4:19 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 4:19 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 4:51 AM EDT, 11 hours 33 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
Sep 10, 9:49 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		16 hr

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High Surf Advisories in Massachusetts, 2009 Every high surf 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.