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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 22, 20138 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 22, 2013, 3:54 AM EST for 8 counties in Massachusetts; Providence County, Rhode Island. It took effect at Feb 23, 2013, 2:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 22, 2013, 3:54 AM EST (08:54 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 23, 2013, 2:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 23, 2013, 3:45 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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 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 22, 3:53 AM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 3:53 AM EST, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 3:57 AM ESTGale WatchBOX36 hr
Feb 22, 10:06 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX12 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2013Winter Storm Watches in Rhode Island, 2013Every winter storm watch 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.