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Areal Flood Warning 28, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

September 30, 2015Franklin County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this areal flood warning at Sep 30, 2015, 1:19 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 30, 2015, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired: Sep 30, 2015, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampshire County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 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 Sep 29, 7:30 PM EDT, 17 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 7:30 PM EDT, 17 hours 49 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
Sep 30, 4:07 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		12 hr
Sep 30, 7:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	6 hr
Sep 30, 7:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth	93 min
Sep 30, 8:37 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		7 hr
Sep 30, 9:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	78 min
Sep 30, 10:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester	118 min
Sep 30, 11:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	88 min
Sep 30, 12:29 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	3 hr
Sep 30, 12:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	2 hr
Sep 30, 4:01 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	24 hr
Sep 30, 4:20 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		4 days

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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.