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Heat Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 7, 20137 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this heat advisory at Jul 7, 2013, 9:57 AM EDT for 7 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jul 7, 2013, 11:08 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 2013, 9:57 AM EDT (13:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 7, 2013, 11:08 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 7, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:01 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 heat 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 7, 7:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 7:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 4:08 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:07 AM EDT, 5 hours 50 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
Jul 7, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	47 min
Jul 7, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	43 min
Jul 7, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester	38 min
Jul 7, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	45 min
Jul 7, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	41 min
Jul 7, 3:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester	23 min
Jul 7, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	52 min
Jul 7, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	42 min
Jul 7, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	42 min
Jul 7, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	40 min
Jul 7, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		59 min
Jul 7, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	40 min
Jul 7, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	44 min
Jul 7, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Worcester	24 min
Jul 7, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Providence	41 min
Jul 7, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Providence	41 min
Jul 7, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		38 min
Jul 7, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX		39 min
Jul 7, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Capitol Planning Region	50 min

Nearby

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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.