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Areal Flood Advisory 68, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 28, 20127 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 28, 2012, 8:28 AM EDT for 7 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2012, 8:28 AM EDT (12:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2012, 11:10 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:30 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 28, 7:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 7:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 4:06 AM EDT, 4 hours 22 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
Aug 27, 9:29 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		39 hr
Aug 28, 9:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	2 hr
Aug 28, 3:28 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		20 hr
Aug 28, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	34 min
Aug 28, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable	30 min
Aug 28, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		43 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Massachusetts, 2012 Areal Flood Advisories in Connecticut, 2012 Areal Flood Advisories in Rhode Island, 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.