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Winter Weather Advisory 17, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 24, 2012Bristol County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 24, 2012, 3:50 AM EST for Bristol County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Dec 24, 2012, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2012, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2012, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 25, 2012, 5:03 AM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 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 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 Dec 24, 3:37 AM EST, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 3:37 AM EST, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 4:32 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX12 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Rhode Island, 2012Winter Weather Advisories in Massachusetts, 2012Winter Weather Advisories in Connecticut, 2012Every winter weather 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.