Alert archive / Massachusetts / Freezing Rain Advisories in 2013
Freezing Rain Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this freezing rain advisory at Dec 1, 2013, 5:37 AM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2013, 5:37 AM EST (10:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2013, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:36 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 Dec 1, 4:16 AM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 4:16 AM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 1, 4:52 AM EST, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 452 AM EST SUN DEC 1 2013 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-RIZ001-011330- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD 452 AM EST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...SPOTTY AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE INTO MID MORNING MAY RESULT IN SLIPPERY SPOTS... SPOTTY AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THIS REGION...SO UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ICY SPOTS. FRANK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 4:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 43 min |
Nearby
Freezing Rain Advisories in Massachusetts, 2013Freezing Rain Advisories in Connecticut, 2013Freezing Rain Advisories in Rhode Island, 2013Every 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.