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Winter Storm Watch 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 18, 2009, 4:17 AM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Dec 19, 2009, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2009, 4:17 AM EST (09:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2009, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2009, 3:20 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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 18, 4:10 AM EST, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 4:10 AM EST, 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 4:03 AM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 25 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:20 PM EST | Blizzard Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 13 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:20 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:31 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 56 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:31 PM EST | Storm Watch | BOX | 13 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2009Winter Storm Watches in Rhode Island, 2009Every winter storm watch 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.