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Areal Flood Advisory 33, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 1, 2012Essex County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 1, 2012, 4:40 PM EDT for Essex County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2012, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2012, 6:47 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Essex County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 areal flood 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 areal flood advisory went out at Aug 1, 3:52 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:52 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:32 PM EDT, 8 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
Jul 31, 8:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	3 hr
Aug 1, 3:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Norfolk, Suffolk	3 hr
Aug 1, 3:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Hampden, Worcester	82 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Massachusetts, 2012 Every areal flood advisory in 2012

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.