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Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 28, 2013Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood warning at Feb 28, 2013, 8:04 AM EST for Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2013, 8:04 AM EST (13:04 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2013, 2:16 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:08 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 warning 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 warning went out at Feb 28, 6:58 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 6:58 AM EST, 1 hour 6 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 28, 4:24 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		59 hr
Feb 27, 8:23 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Kent, Providence	9 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.