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Hurricane Watch 1007, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

September 1, 20106 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this hurricane watch at Sep 1, 2010, 5:12 PM EDT for 6 counties in Massachusetts. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2010, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2010, 11:59 AM EDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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 hurricane 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 hurricane watch went out at Sep 1, 4:48 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 4:48 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 4:09 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasBOX32 hr
Sep 1, 5:12 PM EDTHurricane WatchBOX19 hr
Sep 1, 5:12 PM EDTTropical Storm WatchBOX31 hr
Sep 1, 5:12 PM EDTTropical Storm WatchBOXBristol, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk31 hr

Nearby

Hurricane Watches in Massachusetts, 2010Every hurricane watch 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.