Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Watches in 2013
Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 15, 2013, 3:58 PM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It took effect at Feb 16, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2013, 3:58 PM EST (20:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2013, 3:52 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Barnstable County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 Feb 15, 12:48 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 12:48 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 4:27 AM EST, 11 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 427 AM EST FRI FEB 15 2013 ANZ234-236-CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008- 160930- BUZZARDS BAY-NARRAGANSETT BAY-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- 427 AM EST FRI FEB 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW TO MODERATE CONFIDENCE OF WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND WITH THE EXPECTATION OF WIDESPREAD SNOW SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY YIELD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES. SUCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AND SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. MODERATE CONFIDENCE OF WIND ADVISORIES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST UP TO 46 MPH... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SHORELINES AND COASTAL PLAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>233-235-237-250-251-254>256-160930- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- 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- 427 AM EST FRI FEB 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR NORTHWEST GALES BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR ALL WATERS. IN ADDITION...FREEZING SPRAY WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. MODERATE CONFIDENCE FOR A RETURN OF NORTHWEST GALES AND FREEZING SPRAY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SIPPRELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:23 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 7 hr | |
| Feb 15, 4:00 PM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 12 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.