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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 11, 20148 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 11, 2014, 3:51 PM EST for 8 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Washington County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 13, 2014, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2014, 3:51 PM EST (20:51 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 13, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 12, 2014, 4:23 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 11, 3:05 PM EST, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 3:05 PM EST, 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 3:52 PM ESTGale WatchBOX12 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2014Winter Storm Watches in Rhode Island, 2014Winter Storm Watches in Connecticut, 2014Every winter storm 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.