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Freezing Rain Advisory 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

November 30, 2015Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this freezing rain advisory at Nov 30, 2015, 10:34 PM EST for Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Dec 1, 2015, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 30, 2015, 10:34 PM EST (03:34 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 1, 2015, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 1, 2015, 11:53 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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 Nov 30, 7:16 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 7:16 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 30, 7:20 PM EST, 3 hours 14 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
Dec 1, 4:29 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		11 hr

Nearby

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

Sources

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