Alert archive / Massachusetts / Flood Watches in 2010
Flood Watch 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flood watch at Mar 27, 2010, 3:54 PM EDT for 10 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Mar 29, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2010, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2010, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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 flood 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 flood watch went out at Mar 26, 6:02 PM EDT, 21 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 6:02 PM EDT, 21 hours 52 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:15 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 5 hr | |
| Mar 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 14 hr |
Nearby
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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.