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High Surf Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

September 4, 20105 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this high surf advisory at Sep 4, 2010, 4:46 AM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts; Newport County, Washington County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Sep 4, 2010, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 2010, 4:46 AM EDT (08:46 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 4, 2010, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 5, 2010, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Newport County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 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 high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Sep 3, 5:38 PM EDT, 11 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 5:38 PM EDT, 11 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 1:19 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningBOXBarnstable, Dukes3 hr
Sep 4, 5:03 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX40 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Massachusetts, 2010High Surf Advisories in Rhode Island, 2010Every high surf 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.