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Winter Weather Advisory 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 10, 201210 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 10, 2012, 3:34 PM EST for 10 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 11, 2012, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2012, 3:34 PM EST (20:34 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 11, 2012, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 11, 2012, 1:53 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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 Feb 10, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 59 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
Feb 10, 4:24 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		27 hr

Nearby

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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.