Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Watches in 2013
Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Jan 20, 2013, 4:05 PM EST for 8 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 21, 2013, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2013, 4:05 PM EST (21:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2013, 5:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2013, 3:53 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 20, 4:05 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 4:05 PM EST, 0 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 4:28 AM EST, 11 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 428 AM EST SUN JAN 20 2013 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-210930- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 428 AM EST SUN JAN 20 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. INCREASING CONFIDENCE THAT A COASTAL STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM. HOWEVER APPEARS THAT THERE WILL BE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EASTERN RHODE ISLAND. THERE IS A LOW TO MODERATE PROBABILITY THAT A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED ON TUESDAY FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. THERE IS A MODERATE PROBABILITY THAT A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. APPEARS THAT ANOTHER COASTAL STORM WILL APPROACH THE REGION DURING THE FRIDAY/SATURDAY TIMEFRAME. THIS STORM MAY BRING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO THE AREA...HOWEVER THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ231>235-237-250-251-254>256-210930- CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY- RHODE ISLAND SOUND-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND- 428 AM EST SUN JAN 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY BETWEEN MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF NW GALES ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230-236-210930- BOSTON HARBOR-NARRAGANSETT BAY- 428 AM EST SUN JAN 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DUNTEN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 20, 3:02 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
302 PM EST SUN JAN 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG HOLBROOK 42.15N 71.01W
01/20/2013 NORFOLK MA AMATEUR RADIO
POWER LINES DOWN ON SOUTH FRANKLIN ST - POWER OUT TO
APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF TOWN
0115 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG RANDOLPH 42.18N 71.05W
01/20/2013 NORFOLK MA TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN ON UTILIITY LINES AND PARTIALLY
BLOCKING PARK ST
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123The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 3:57 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 15 hr |
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.