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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

August 4, 2013Essex County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2013, 5:20 PM EDT for Essex County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2013, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2013, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

County Essex County, MA

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXFranklin24 min
Aug 4, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXFranklin43 min
Aug 4, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXWorcester46 min
Aug 4, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampden24 min
Aug 4, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampden23 min
Aug 4, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX44 min
Aug 4, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampden33 min
Aug 4, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden30 min
Aug 4, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX35 min
Aug 4, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX62 min
Aug 4, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX65 min
Aug 4, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBOX42 min
Aug 4, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXProvidence34 min
Aug 4, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX29 min
Aug 4, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX51 min
Aug 4, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX36 min
Aug 4, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHillsborough41 min
Aug 4, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHillsborough26 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Massachusetts, 2013Every special weather statement 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.