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Areal Flood Warning 24, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

October 23, 2014Franklin County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood warning at Oct 23, 2014, 2:07 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 23, 2014, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampshire County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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 areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Oct 23, 1:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 1:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 23, 12:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 23, 8:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 23, 10:31 AM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 23, 12:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 23, 12:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 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
Oct 22, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		60 min
Oct 22, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	49 min
Oct 22, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		67 min
Oct 22, 9:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk, Worcester	50 min
Oct 22, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		64 min
Oct 22, 10:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Norfolk	57 min
Oct 22, 11:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth	3 hr
Oct 23, 2:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	3 hr
Oct 23, 4:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk	3 hr
Oct 23, 5:10 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		18 hr
Oct 23, 5:10 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		47 hr
Oct 23, 5:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	3 hr
Oct 23, 5:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	112 min
Oct 23, 5:57 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex	2 hr
Oct 23, 7:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex	3 hr
Oct 23, 7:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex	3 hr
Oct 23, 7:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	117 min
Oct 23, 7:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	116 min
Oct 23, 7:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk	2 hr
Oct 23, 7:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester	3 hr
Oct 23, 8:15 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		60 min
Oct 23, 8:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	3 hr
Oct 23, 8:24 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Worcester	15 hr
Oct 23, 8:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	2 hr
Oct 23, 9:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk	3 hr
Oct 23, 10:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	4 hr
Oct 23, 10:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester	4 hr
Oct 23, 12:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Essex	3 hr
Oct 23, 5:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol	2 hr
Oct 22, 10:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Kent, Providence, Washington	113 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 2014 Every areal flood warning in 2014

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.