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River Flood Watch 1, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

December 10, 2014Middlesex County, Worcester County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood watch at Dec 10, 2014, 4:50 AM EST for Middlesex County, Worcester County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Dec 11, 2014, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 10, 2014, 4:50 AM EST (09:50 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 11, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 10, 2014, 12:21 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity
None

Counties Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Assabet River at Maynard (MAYM3). The gauge peaked at 4.55 ft at Dec 11, 2014, 11:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
4.5 ft
Minor stage
5 ft
Moderate stage
6 ft
Major stage
7 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01097000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood 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 river flood watch went out at Dec 10, 4:32 AM EST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 4:32 AM EST, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 4:13 AM EST, 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
413 AM EST WED DEC 10 2014

MAZ002-008-110915-
WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
413 AM EST WED DEC 10 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE MORNING
COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MAZ009-110915-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
413 AM EST WED DEC 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE MORNING
COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A MODERATE PROBABILITY THAT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE NEEDED FOR WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY
THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CTZ002>004-MAZ003>007-010>024-026-RIZ001>008-110915-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-
NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-
EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-
WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
413 AM EST WED DEC 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL...
EASTERN...NORTHEASTERN...SOUTHEASTERN...AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
AND ALL OF RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION DURING THE LATER HALF OF THE DAY
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR MUCH OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND. COULD SEE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINOR OF AROUND AN INCH WHICH COULD MAKE FOR
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-110915-
BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL
MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND
NANTUCKET-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO
20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND-
413 AM EST WED DEC 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON

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@NWSBOSTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 9, 8:38 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningBOXEssex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk9 hr
Dec 9, 10:51 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningBOXPlymouth12 hr
Dec 10, 3:57 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXFranklin, Hampshire27 hr
Dec 10, 9:50 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningBOXPlymouth24 hr
Dec 10, 11:20 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningBOXMiddlesex, Worcester38 hr
Dec 10, 11:20 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningBOXEssex, Middlesex26 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2014Every river flood watch 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.