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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 26, 2010Essex County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood warning at Feb 26, 2010, 11:34 AM EST for Essex County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 27, 2010, 2:12 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 26, 2010, 11:34 AM EST (16:34 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 27, 2010, 2:12 PM EST
Expired: Feb 26, 2010, 11:38 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity: Minor

County Essex County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 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 river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Feb 26, 11:20 AM EST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 11:20 AM EST, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 9:13 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 26, 11:00 AM EST, 34 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
Feb 25, 9:43 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	3 days
Feb 25, 9:43 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Worcester	18 hr
Feb 25, 10:01 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	Bristol	11 hr
Feb 26, 4:26 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex	19 hr
Feb 26, 4:26 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Essex	7 hr
Feb 26, 4:26 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Essex	55 hr
Feb 26, 4:26 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex	6 days
Feb 26, 4:26 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Worcester	7 hr
Feb 26, 7:12 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		33 hr
Feb 26, 10:06 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk	6 days
Feb 26, 11:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Worcester	17 hr
Feb 26, 1:54 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex	10 hr
Feb 26, 3:53 PM EST	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	19 hr
Feb 26, 4:26 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Capitol Planning Region	7 hr

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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.