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Winter Storm Watch 10, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 19, 20095 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 19, 2009, 4:23 AM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Dec 19, 2009, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2009, 4:23 AM EST (09:23 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 19, 2009, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 19, 2009, 4:21 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Dec 19, 4:11 AM EST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 4:11 AM EST, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 4:16 PM EST, 12 hours 7 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
Dec 19, 4:23 AM EST	Blizzard Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	33 hr
Dec 19, 4:23 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 3 more	32 hr
Dec 19, 4:36 AM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		30 hr
Dec 19, 4:21 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	12 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.