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Heavy Freezing Spray Warning 3, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

February 15, 2015

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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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 3:10 PM EST, 34 minutes before
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In the hours before

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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Local storm report, Feb 15, 10:42 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 15, 2:14 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 4:15 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth30 hr
Feb 15, 10:10 AM ESTGale WarningBOX35 hr
Feb 15, 2:42 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more9 hr

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Heavy Freezing Spray Warnings in Massachusetts, 2015Every heavy freezing spray warning 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.