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Freezing Rain Advisory 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 29, 20135 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this freezing rain advisory at Jan 29, 2013, 3:43 PM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 29, 2013, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2013, 3:43 PM EST (20:43 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2013, 5:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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 freezing rain 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Jan 29, 1:04 PM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 1:04 PM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 4:35 AM EST, 11 hours 8 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
Jan 29, 4:19 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Jan 29, 4:19 AM EST	Storm Watch	BOX		25 hr
Jan 29, 4:26 AM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	32 hr
Jan 29, 4:31 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr

Nearby

Freezing Rain Advisories in Massachusetts, 2013 Every freezing rain advisory 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.