Alert archive / Massachusetts / Heavy Freezing Spray Warnings in 2015
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this heavy freezing spray warning at Feb 15, 2015, 3:44 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 15, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2015, 3:44 PM EST (20:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heavy freezing spray 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 heavy freezing spray warning went out at Feb 15, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 15, 10:03 AM EST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1003 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG MANCHESTER 42.58N 70.77W
02/15/2015 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO
TWO-THIRDS OF A SALT SHED ROOF SEPARATED FROM STRUCTURE
DUE TO HIGH WINDS AT MASSDOT DEPOT
0630 AM HEAVY SNOW IPSWICH 42.68N 70.84W
02/15/2015 E0.0 INCH ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO
NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS TOWN BLOCKED BY SNOW DRIFTS VIA
EMA
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW PEMBROKE 42.07N 70.81W
02/15/2015 E0.0 INCH PLYMOUTH MA AMATEUR RADIO
SEVERAL STREETS ACROSS TOWN DOWN TO ONE LANE DUE TO
HEAVY SNOW
0701 AM COASTAL FLOOD MARSHFIELD 42.09N 70.71W
02/15/2015 PLYMOUTH MA AMATEUR RADIO
TWO FEET OF STREET FLOODING BY THE ESPLANADE...WATER UP
TO SEA WALL ON BAY AVENUE WITH MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING...UP TO 6 INCHES OF STREET FLOODING ON OCEAN
STREET
0709 AM HEAVY SNOW EAST FREETOWN 41.78N 70.96W
02/15/2015 E0.0 INCH BRISTOL MA AMATEUR RADIO
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF VEHICLES STUCK IN SNOWBANKS ACROSS
ENTIRE TOWN
0725 AM COASTAL FLOOD MARSHFIELD 42.09N 70.71W
02/15/2015 PLYMOUTH MA AMATEUR RADIO
BAY AVENUE AT BRIGHTON STREET FLOODED BY WATER COMING
OVER SEA WALL NEAR WHERE THE WALL WAS COMPROMISED BY
PAST STORM
0728 AM COASTAL FLOOD BOSTON 42.36N 71.06W
02/15/2015 SUFFOLK MA AMATEUR RADIO
SOUTHBOUND LANE OF MORRISSEY BLVD CLOSED DUE TO COASTAL
FLOODING
0730 AM COASTAL FLOOD HULL 42.30N 70.91W
02/15/2015 PLYMOUTH MA AMATEUR RADIO
ATLANTIC AVENUE FROM TOWN HALL TO COHASSET BORDER
CLOSED DUE TO COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR FLOODING BY
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ON NANTASKET AVENUE FILLING UP
STREET BUT STILL PASSABLE
0826 AM HEAVY SNOW NEW BEDFORD 41.64N 70.93W
02/15/2015 E0.0 INCH BRISTOL MA AMATEUR RADIO
SEVERAL CARS TRAPPED ON IMPASSABLE ROADS DUE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL
0826 AM HEAVY SNOW CANTON 42.16N 71.14W
02/15/2015 E0.0 INCH NORFOLK MA AMATEUR RADIO
40 BY 100 FOOT SECTION OF BUILDING COLLAPSED ON WILL
STREET
0838 AM COASTAL FLOOD ROCKPORT 42.66N 70.62W
02/15/2015 ESSEX MA AMATEUR RADIO
BEACH STREET CLOSED DUE TO HIGH SURF BREECHING SEAWALL
0848 AM HEAVY SNOW FOXBORO 42.06N 71.25W
02/15/2015 E0.0 INCH NORFOLK MA AMATEUR RADIO
PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSE AND FIRE ON NORTH STREET NEAR
GILLETTE STADIUM
0911 AM HIGH SUST WINDS ORLEANS 41.79N 69.99W
02/15/2015 M40 MPH BARNSTABLE MA HAM RADIO
HAM RADIO
0919 AM HIGH SUST WINDS 2 ESE NANTUCKET 41.26N 70.07W
02/15/2015 M46 MPH NANTUCKET MA ASOS
0937 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 ESE NANTUCKET 41.26N 70.07W
02/15/2015 M62 MPH NANTUCKET MA ASOS
0949 AM HEAVY SNOW MILTON 42.25N 71.07W
02/15/2015 E0.0 INCH NORFOLK MA AMATEUR RADIO
EXIT 11B ON ROUTE 93 SOUTH CLOSED DUE TO HIGH SNOW
DRIFTS...ROAD IMPASSABLE
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WS/EVT/AEDLocal storm report, Feb 15, 10:42 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 4:15 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth | 30 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:10 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 35 hr | |
| Feb 15, 2:42 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 9 hr |
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