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Small Craft Advisory 29, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 23, 2009

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this small craft advisory at Feb 23, 2009, 4:24 PM EST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2009, 4:24 PM EST (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2009, 5:00 PM EST
In force
25 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 Feb 23, 4:18 PM EST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 4:18 PM EST, 6 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 23, 11:20 AM EST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1120 AM EST MON FEB 23 2009

MAZ004-005-012>015-026-NHZ011-015-231715-
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA-CHESHIRE NH-NORTHERN WORCESTER
MA-NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHERN
WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN
NORFOLK MA-
1120 AM EST MON FEB 23 2009

AT 1120 AM EST A BAND OF SNOW SHOWERS EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM
NEAR ASHBURNHAM TO NEAR SUDBURY. THIS BAND WAS MOVING SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO THE WALTHAM AND NEWTON AREAS
BY NOON. HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS EMBEDDED IN THIS BAND WILL CAUSE THE
VISIBILITY TO SUDDENLY LOWER AND PRODUCE A QUICK SLIPPERY COATING ON
ROADS.  THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF ROUTE 2 NEAR FITCHBURG AND
LEOMINSTER AND I495 NEAR HUDSON AND MARLBOROUGH. AS THE BAND SPREADS
SOUTHEAST...A STRETCH OF ROUTE 128 NEAR THE MASS PIKE AND SOUTH TO
NEEDHAM MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THE SNOW SQUALLS. SNOW SQUALLS CAN
CAUSE VERY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. DRIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
AND BE READY TO QUICKLY REDUCE SPEEDS.

THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Feb 23, 11:45 AM EST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1145 AM EST MON FEB 23 2009

MAZ004-005-012>016-018-019-026-NHZ011-015-231745-
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN
PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY
MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA-WESTERN
AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
1145 AM EST MON FEB 23 2009

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS WILL AFFECT
PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. AT 1145 AM THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS EXTENDED IN A BAND
FROM NEAR ASHBURNHAM TO JUST WEST OF BOSTON. THE BAND WILL EXTEND TO
THE SOUTHEAST AND ALSO VERY SLOWLY SLIDE TO THE SOUTH. SNOW SHOWERS
AND A FEW HEAVIER SQUALLS WILL PROVIDE A QUICK COATING ON ROADS AND
SHARPLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE GREATER BOSTON
AREA...INCLUDING BOTH METRO WEST AND THE SOUTH SHORE. I495 NEAR
MARLBOROUGH AND BERLIN...ROUTE 128 FROM WALTHAM SOUTH TO
BRAINTREE...AND ROUTE 3 FROM BRAINTREE TO PLYMOUTH ARE SOME OF THE
MAIN ARTERIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS.

DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY AND ROAD
CONDITIONS...AND BE READY TO SLOW DOWN QUICKLY.

THOMPSON

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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.