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Winter Weather Advisory 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 7, 20115 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 7, 2011, 3:47 AM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jan 7, 2011, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2011, 3:47 AM EST (08:47 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 7, 2011, 3:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 8, 2011, 3:36 AM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Jan 7, 3:33 AM EST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 3:33 AM EST, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 3:47 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningBOXFranklin, Hampden, Hampshire12 hr
Jan 7, 4:26 PM ESTGale WatchBOX12 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Massachusetts, 2011Winter Weather Advisories in Rhode Island, 2011Winter Weather Advisories in Connecticut, 2011Every winter weather advisory in 2011

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.