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Gale Watch 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

January 3, 2013

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Jan 3, 2013, 3:20 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 4, 2013, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2013, 3:20 PM EST (20:20 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 4, 2013, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 4, 2013, 4:23 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Jan 3, 3:10 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 3:10 PM EST, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 4:00 AM EST, 11 hours 20 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 3, 12:03 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		11 days
Jan 3, 3:20 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		312 days

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Sources

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