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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 28, 2013Washington County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood warning at Feb 28, 2013, 10:39 PM EST for Washington County, Rhode Island. It was in force for 111 min. 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, 10:39 PM EST (03:39 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2013, 12:30 AM EST
In force: 111 min
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 03:37 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, 3:56 PM EST, 6 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 3:56 PM EST, 6 hours 43 minutes before

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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.