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Freezing Rain Advisory 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 21, 20145 counties in Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this freezing rain advisory at Feb 21, 2014, 4:20 AM EST for 5 counties in Massachusetts. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2014, 4:20 AM EST (09:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2014, 9:37 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 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 freezing rain advisory 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Feb 20, 4:31 PM EST, 11 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 4:31 PM EST, 11 hours 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 2:23 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more3 hr
Feb 21, 4:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXHampden, Worcester43 min
Feb 21, 4:27 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBOX93 min
Feb 21, 4:56 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXMiddlesex, Worcester64 min
Feb 21, 5:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol, Norfolk, Plymouth56 min
Feb 21, 5:50 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBOX55 min
Feb 21, 5:53 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBOX67 min
Feb 21, 6:33 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBOX57 min
Feb 21, 6:47 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBOX58 min

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.