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Areal Flood Warning 27, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 9, 20144 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood warning at Dec 9, 2014, 2:14 PM EST for 4 counties in Massachusetts. It was in force for 4 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, 2:14 PM EST (19:14 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2014, 6:15 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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, 1:57 PM EST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 1:57 PM EST, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 9, 1:58 PM EST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
158 PM EST TUE DEC 09 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1135 AM     FLOOD            FALL RIVER              41.70N  71.16W
12/09/2014                   BRISTOL            MA   AMATEUR RADIO

            EXIT 8A NORTHBOUND ON ROUTE 24 CLOSED TO FLOODING

1136 AM     FREEZING RAIN    AUBURN                  42.19N  71.84W
12/09/2014  M0.12 INCH       WORCESTER          MA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER

1145 AM     COASTAL FLOOD    BOSTON                  42.36N  71.06W
12/09/2014                   SUFFOLK            MA   AMATEUR RADIO

            MORRISEY BOULEVARD NORTH BOUND CLOSED COASTAL FLOODING

1153 AM     FLOOD            NEW BEDFORD             41.64N  70.93W
12/09/2014                   BRISTOL            MA   AMATEUR RADIO

            KINGS HIGHWAY IN FRONT OF STOP AND SHOP STREET FLOODING

1215 PM     FLOOD            SWAMPSCOTT              42.47N  70.92W
12/09/2014                   ESSEX              MA   AMATEUR RADIO

            CAR STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON VINNIN SQUARE

1228 PM     COASTAL FLOOD    MARBLEHEAD              42.50N  70.86W
12/09/2014                   ESSEX              MA   AMATEUR RADIO

            FRONT STEET CLOSED DUE TO COASTAL FLOODING

1234 PM     COASTAL FLOOD    SCITUATE                42.20N  70.73W
12/09/2014                   PLYMOUTH           MA   AMATEUR RADIO

            MINOR STREET FLOODING ON GLADES ROAD AND OCEANSIDE
            AVE.MINOR SPLASHOVER AT THE HUMAROCK

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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, 11:31 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol	6 hr
Dec 9, 12:03 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, 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.