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Heat Advisory 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

July 17, 201310 counties in Massachusetts; 4 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this heat advisory at Jul 17, 2013, 4:51 PM EDT for 10 counties in Massachusetts; 4 counties in Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jul 18, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2013, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 18, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 18, 2013, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

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

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 17, 4:48 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 4:48 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 4:45 PM EDT, 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
Jul 17, 4:04 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Watch	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	13 hr
Jul 17, 4:51 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth	24 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Massachusetts, 2013 Heat Advisories in Rhode Island, 2013 Heat Advisories in Connecticut, 2013 Every heat 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.