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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 10, 20107 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this frost advisory at May 10, 2010, 3:49 AM EDT for 7 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at May 11, 2010, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2010, 3:49 AM EDT (07:49 UTC)
In effect from: May 11, 2010, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 11, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Kent County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:46 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 frost 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 frost advisory went out at May 9, 5:15 PM EDT, 10 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 5:15 PM EDT, 10 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 4:16 PM 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
May 10, 3:49 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more	28 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Massachusetts, 2010 Frost Advisories in Rhode Island, 2010 Every frost advisory in 2010

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.