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Areal Flood Warning 26, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 9, 2014Bristol County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood warning at Dec 9, 2014, 11:31 AM EST for Bristol County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 6 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: Dec 9, 2014, 11:31 AM EST (16:31 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2014, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Bristol County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 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 Dec 9, 10:58 AM EST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 10:58 AM EST, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 9:55 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 9, 5:59 AM EST, 5 hours 32 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
Dec 9, 12:03 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	4 hr
Dec 9, 2:14 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk	4 hr
Dec 9, 3:32 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	3 hr
Dec 9, 5:01 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex	44 hr
Dec 9, 5:18 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex	117 min
Dec 9, 5:51 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk	3 hr
Dec 9, 6:00 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		72 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.