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Gale Watch 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 4, 2015

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this gale watch at Feb 4, 2015, 3:45 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 5, 2015, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 4, 2015, 3:45 AM EST (08:45 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 5, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 4, 2015, 3:50 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Feb 3, 9:45 PM EST, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 9:45 PM EST, 6 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 5:19 PM EST, 10 hours 26 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
Feb 4, 3:45 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	BOX		12 hr
Feb 4, 3:50 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		34 hr
Feb 4, 3:50 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		44 hr
Feb 4, 3:56 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	18 hr

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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.