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Flood Watch 6, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

November 26, 201310 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this flood watch at Nov 26, 2013, 11:45 AM EST for 10 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Nov 27, 2013, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 26, 2013, 11:45 AM EST (16:45 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 27, 2013, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 27, 2013, 4:00 PM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity: None

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex 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), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Nov 26, 11:22 AM EST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 11:22 AM EST, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 26, 11:39 AM EST, 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
Nov 26, 4:14 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		36 hr
Nov 26, 4:28 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex and 5 more	36 hr
Nov 26, 11:38 AM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	25 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2013 Flood Watches in Rhode Island, 2013 Flood Watches in Connecticut, 2013 Every flood watch in 2013

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.