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Freezing Rain Advisory 4, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

March 14, 201510 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this freezing rain advisory at Mar 14, 2015, 4:02 AM EDT for 10 counties in Massachusetts; Kent County, Providence County, Rhode Island; Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Mar 14, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2015, 4:02 AM EDT (08:02 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 14, 2015, 10:02 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
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, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 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 Mar 14, 3:54 AM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 3:54 AM EDT, 8 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	Lasted
Mar 14, 3:48 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX	12 hr
Mar 14, 3:45 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX	36 hr
Mar 14, 3:45 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX	48 hr

Nearby

Freezing Rain Advisories in Massachusetts, 2015 Freezing Rain Advisories in Rhode Island, 2015 Freezing Rain Advisories in Connecticut, 2015 Every freezing rain advisory in 2015

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.