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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

September 30, 2012Middlesex County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Sep 30, 2012, 6:37 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 30, 2012, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Sep 30, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Middlesex County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Sep 29, 7:10 PM EDT, 23 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 7:10 PM EDT, 23 hours 27 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
Sep 30, 11:11 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		40 hr
Sep 30, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	30 min
Sep 30, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	26 min
Sep 30, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	37 min
Sep 30, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		24 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2012 Every special weather statement 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.